Windows 10: Windows 11 22H2 OEM license after re-installing to Win 10

Hello.So i have a PC that came with a Win 11 22H2 Pre install from Dell.The issue is that the 22H2 has an error when it comes to joining the Local AD.Is it possible to use an iso and fresh install a windows 10 on the device?or will there be some complications with the windows key and such.

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Question On OEM Windows clean install......

"Flavors" of Windows licenses

Windows can be a little "odd" about license keys. There are at least 4 categories:

• Retail
• OEM
• Volume (electronic download)
• Corporate (no key needed)

For guaranteed success, the license key and media should be in the same category. If you have retail media, you may not be able to install it using an OEM or Volume license key, even though the key is valid for that version of Windows. *Wtf :wtf: Apparently, this is part of Microsoft's anti-piracy scheme (i.e., all customers are guilty until proven innocent).

 

Revert from win 11 MAK license back to OEM license.

Hi,

Recently I bought legion 5, which came with win 11 home single language version, and later my friend gave me MAK license of win 11 pro. I did activate the MAK license, but when I asked around the internet, I found that it is illegal to own MAK license if it is not provided by the company.

Can I revert back to OEM license of win 11 home after I applied the MAK license? I am afraid that the MAK license overwrote the OEM license in the BIOS.

 

Question On OEM Windows clean install......

Yea, I got that part, was just wondering if the OEM disk/key part was broken down into further catergories, like vendor specific - DELL, HP, etc. ?

What about service packs? I have a retail XP SP1 disk. I recall seeing a way to make a new disk with all the latest SP's. Sorry, rambling off topic here...