Windows 10: Windows 10 Pro activation with licence bought via Microsoft Store Virtualbox

Hi,I bought a "Windows10/11" Licence via the Microsoft store. I think I upgraded it to pro later.I was running this licence on my PC without problems running Windows 11 Professional.Now I don't use Windows as my main OS anymore.I am running Windows 10 Pro with Virtualbox on Linux signed in with my Microsoft Account where I bought the licence with.It won't let me activate. Troubleshooting is also not working.The only other thing I tried was deactivating my old PC in my Microsoft Account. It still won't work.How do I get my licence activated?Regards

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Cannot activate Win10 Pro after Microsoft Store app purchase

Hello guys,

My laptop came pre-installed with Win10 Home 64bit and I recently purchased a Win 10/11 Pro licence from the Microsoft Store app. Unfortunately, having some issues activating the digital licence for Win10 Pro.

Here is the situation:

• Logged into Microsoft account used for the purchase (also received the email receipt of the purchase)
• Already connected to stable internet

What I tried so far:

Entering the Win10 Pro generic key:



Received error 0x800700005:





Clicking Close returned another error 0xC004F034:





Clicking Troubleshoot re-activated my Win10 Home so still not on Pro.

Thanks for any help.


[FIXED]

Win 10 Pro suddenly became Win 10 Ent from MS Store app:
Jump to solution - Cannot activate Win10 Pro after Microsoft Store app purchase

Sources:

• Windows 10 Home to Pro Update became Enterprise and won't activate - Microsoft Q&A
• Bought Win 10 Pro, but laptop now says Win 10 Enterprise. - Microsoft Community

 

Cannot activate Win10 Pro after Microsoft Store app purchase

Hi @MaloK, as mentioned I bought a digital licence and when you buy digital licence via MS Store app using an MS account, the licence is bound to the account. No actual product key will be sent to you, not even in the email receipt or Order History.

Another incident:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...9-e050787032ea

Seeing this is actually a known issue in the Microsoft activation servers (and particularly those who bought from the MS Store), the resolution was still to use the generic Pro key to downgrade the 'stray' Enterprise (which is de-activated anyway) so the licence technically never becomes volume.

And yep, I re-confirm I am all activated now in Win10 Pro since the past hour.

 

reusing Windows 10 Pro Retail licence bought via Microsoft Store

Hi Mihai

If you purchased that Windows 10 licence from Microsoft, then your licence is associated with your Microsoft Account online and you may not have received a Product key, because Windows 10 us digital licencing . . .

Install Windows 10 Pro on your Macbook, then run the activation troubleshooter from Settings - Update and security - Activation, that licence should self activate as long as you have logged into Windows 10 with the same Microsoft account you used to purchase Windows 10 . . .