Windows 10: Windows Won't let me activate after setting up Win 10 Hyper-V VM

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  1. PAPASPOCK
    PapaSpock Win User

    Windows Won't let me activate after setting up Win 10 Hyper-V VM


    I upgraded to Windows 11 Pro and all was well. I then created a VM using Hyper-V and installed Windows 10 Home on the VM. Now, my host/main machine says I need to activate Windows and I can't. The purchase from the MS Store for Windows 11 Pro does not have a license key. I deleted the VM and the virtual hard drive and rebooted, but Windows still says I need to activate. I was just going to buy another license for Windows 11 Pro, but when I click on that option it takes me to a page in the store that says I cannot buy a license for this version of Windows and they're not sure how I got the

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    PapaSpock, Aug 19, 2022
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  2. SOFINE409
    SoFine409 Win User

    Moving Hyper-V to Another Disk

    Thank you Kari.
    UPDATE: While doing some additional research on whether or not I would need to change the default location(s) for the VMs, I realized that I can store each VM in different location and don’t need to keep them all in one place. Never knew that. So I won’t need to move the existing ones after all. I can simply store any new VMs on another drive where there is more space. There is always something new to learn.
    Bob
     
    SoFine409, Aug 19, 2022
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  3. EVENNOTODD
    EvenNotOdd Win User
    Move Hyper-V VM Without Reactivating?

    According to this (How do I avoid needing to activate Windows when I move a VM? [Hyper-V]) link it is possible to move a Hyper V VM to a new host without having to reactivate the guest OS by exporting
    it and importing it. Are there any additional steps I should know about or is it as simple as find the export and then import (on the new host) options/buttons?
     
    EvenNotOdd, Aug 19, 2022
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  4. LSE123POLIS
    Lse123polis Win User

    Windows Won't let me activate after setting up Win 10 Hyper-V VM

    Hyper-V is it for Win 10 Pro ONLY

    I have a The Windows 10 is Home... desktop PC... Hyper-V is it for Win 10 Pro ONLY...? If Hyper-V can run too on Windows Home... I must disable it to run VMs in Virtual Box or VMware Player??? How to disable Hyper-V in Windows 10 Home...?

    I must enable Hyper-V if I want to run VM in Hyper-V,... correct? Hyper-V can run/import Virtual-Machine.vmdk files eg run VMs of extension vmdk...?
     
    Lse123polis, Aug 19, 2022
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