Windows 10: Windows activation on a device with licensed W11 pro

I made a mistake and entered Windows activation key on notebook with licensed W11 Pro. After removing that key and after reinstaling W11 Pro i cant activate Windows on this device anymore? Can this be fixed? Thank you

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Windows 11 Activation Issues With Digital License

I have a Windows 11 Pro digital license linked to my microsoft account. I'm using a new device now and trying to activate it. It's the same system (W11 Pro) and I've logged in with my Microsoft account. However, it is not activated. I thought that was because the old device still existed, so I tried using slmgr on the old system to revoke the key on there. However, after next reboot activation was back and the new device still wouldn't activate. I then tried removing the device from the Microsoft Account device list. After that, it was still in the list of connected devices. I then tried troubleshooting, but it said no devices could be found, even though my old system was still on the connected devices list. What should I do? Should I log out of my Microsoft account on the old system? I'm absolutely not going to buy a new license.

 

So many licensing / Activation issues...

I have a few laptops that originally came installed with W11 Home edition but, when the business grew, I paid to upgrade them to Pro.

However, the original users of those laptops are not with the company so I've done a factory reset on them. This causes two issues;

1. If I "Reinstall Windows" - even if I select W11 Pro, it installs Home edition (because of their OEM license). Note: It seems that "forcing" a W11 pro install is possible but it's a right ****.

2. I can't remember which account I used to purchase the licenses for the laptops

3. I have one user's laptop who constantly "deactivates" because I purchased the upgrade using my account, but I log myself out of the store (so they can't buy stuff using my account)

4. I have another device that only has a Local Admin account (by design) w/W11 Pro installed (forced using media creation tool) but I can't activate it because every time I try to purchase the w/11 license, it fails (because it's a local-admin only install).

So my questions are:

1. How do I get a list of digital licenses that I own so I can reactivate these laptops? (Because when you buy a W11 license in the MS store, you're not given a product key or license key - it just activates and says thank you).

2. How can I stop the laptops from "deactivating" because I've signed my MS account out of the store?

3. How can I license a W11 pro without a Microsoft account? (ie - local only)?

 

Problem with the activation of W11 Pro

Hello, my previous license was an OEM factory-installed one, specifically a W10 Home that I upgraded to W11 Home.



I upgraded the system to W11 Pro using a generic key (without a license). I used the trick of entering the generic W11 Pro key without an internet connection and then restarting. My hope was to activate it later with the W11 Pro key that I purchased from a third party (supposedly an official key).



My issue is that when I tried to do this, I encountered the error I mentioned in the previous post.



Regarding the current key, I deleted it to see if that would solve the problem (I am currently without a key). I have attached the screenshot in Spanish.



Thank you very much for your prompt response.