Windows 10: win 10 & 11 license keys

Discus and support win 10 & 11 license keys in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hi Team,I bought multiple license keys for win10 & win 11 for future purpose.Right now I am using only 1 PC with activated license key.To protect all... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Tomáš Freml, Jul 16, 2023.

  1. win 10 & 11 license keys


    Hi Team,I bought multiple license keys for win10 & win 11 for future purpose.Right now I am using only 1 PC with activated license key.To protect all my licenses I would like to link them with my MS account, so they could not be stolen by other users, parties, etc.Could you please guide me thru the process?Tomas

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    Tomáš Freml, Jul 16, 2023
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  2. windows 10 key

    Thanks but I don't want to do any decrypting. I want to download a Win 10 ISO from Microsoft and install it using my Win 8 key. No other steps required. Is that possible?
     
    Easy Rhino, Jul 16, 2023
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  3. Windows won't activate a digital license but will with a product key?

    Pardon my jumping in...

    On the first point: Once you have a digital license on a machine, you don't really need the key again. You could simply reinstall Windows using the generic key. Windows then creates a hash that is unique to your computer. It will look on the Windows activation servers to see if that machine has ever been activated before with the same edition of Windows. If it has, it will auto activate. There is no need to transfer any sort of license or even take any action whatsoever. It's just magic *Smile.

    One the final point, regarding usage of license keys for Win 10 and 11. Just to take that point one step further - If you activate a system with Win 10, you can at any time install Windows 11 as well. You can also go the other way around. If you use a license to install Win 11, you could later decide to install Win 10 instead. Even the generic keys are the same for Win 10 and 11. So, those licenses are truly interchangeable because they are one and the same.

    Just to illustrate a scenario that is common for me:

    Let's say that I have a new computer. I typically like to install by doing a fully automated, unattended install. With an unattended install you use a generic key. For example, I will use the Win 10 / 11 Pro generic key. Because generic keys are NOT activation keys, Windows will not activate automatically after installation. I will have to provide a real Win 10 / 11 Pro key to activate it. At that point a digital license is created and stored on Microsoft servers for my system.

    Once activated, I toss that key, knowing that I will never need it again.

    Now, assume that I reinstall Windows from scratch again on that same system. If I'm doing an unattended install I provide the generic key (because unattended installation needs some sort of key). If I'm manually stepping through the installation, I simply tell Windows that I don't have a key. I just make sure that I am installing the same edition of Windows (Pro). After installation, Windows checks the Microsoft servers to see if a digital license exists for that machine. If it does, it activates. Note that at no time did I need to reference the original license key or perform any sort of transfer. It just happens automagically.

    Hope that helps!
     
    hsehestedt, Jul 16, 2023
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  4. Bree Win User

    win 10 & 11 license keys

    Update Win 10 license key not possible

    Yes, it installs Home because you have a Home key in the bios. That is normal behaviour.

    Your missing next step should be to change the installed key to your W10 Pro key which will upgrade your clean install of Home to Pro. That's Step 4 in this tutorial.

    Upgrade Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro
     
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