Windows 10: Windows 11 licence when duplicating HD into new PCs

Hi,So let me try to explain. We buy about 80 small PCs a year, install software we need for remote support, then ship the PCs to customers along with machinery we deliver. To save time, instead of spending lots of time going through windows initial setup and installing all the hardware on each PC, we have in the past simply duplicated a template harddrive onto the harddrives in the new PCs. Previously we used retail windows licenses so that when a new PC was started up with the duplicated harddrive, we could just enter the windows license and windows was properly activated. This was with windo

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Transferring a retail Windows 11 Pro licence to a new PC

I have an old PC running Windows 11 Pro, "activated with a digital licence linked to your Microsoft account". This is a retail licence purchased from the Microsoft Store.



This old PC is now suffering from various hardware problems, so I have bought a new one. This has been running Windows 11 Home under an OEM licence, also "activated with a digital licence linked to your Microsoft account".

My question is, how do I deactivate the Windows 11 Pro licence on the old PC and activate it on the new PC? I know this is an obvious question, and after some searching I found one answer I thought addressed my particular issue.

I followed the steps set out in Redirecting but now I'm stuck. The troubleshooter on the new PC says "we found a Windows Home digital licence for this device running Windows 11 Pro. To activate using this digital licence, you need to install Windows 11 Home". At the final step, "See other devices linked to your Microsoft account" only shows the old PC, with the Windows 11 Pro licence. I am signed on to the same Microsoft account on both PCs and can see them both in "Devices".

I'm not worried about the licensing on the old PC, as it's going to be recycled anyway.

 

Windows 11 licence

Hi ssebado,

I am Dave, I will help you with this.

Where did you get your Windows 10 licence, was that pre-installed on your PC, or did you purchase a retail Windows 10 licence from Microsoft or from a 3rd party retailer?

If Windows 10 was pre-installed or you purchased Windows 10 from Microsoft, then when you re-install Windows 11, it will automatically re-activate.

During the installation process skip the steps which ask for a product key and select the option 'I am Reinstalling Windows 11 on this PC', and activation will not be an issue

 

If I am using windows 11 Pro licence in my PC and after sometime if I buys a new PC so can I shift my licence to that new PC is it possible...?

If I am using windows 11 Pro licence in my PC and after sometime if I buys a new PC so can I shift my licence to that new PC is it possible...?