Installed Windows 11 on Mac running Parallels. How to activate Windows 11 using my Windows 10 product key. Windows 10 computer died. Windows 10 was purchased as retail, not OEM.

Question

Installed Windows 11 on Mac running Parallels. How to activate Windows 11 using my Windows 10 product key. Windows 10 computer died. Windows 10 was purchased as retail product, not OEM.

Answer 1

1. Click on the "Start" button.
2. Go to "Settings".
3. Select "Update & Security."
4. Click on "Activation" in the left sidebar.
5. Click on "Change product key" and enter your valid product key.

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• You can also activate Windows 11 using the Command Prompt:
• Open Command Prompt Run as administrator."
• Type the following command and press Enter, replacing your-product-key with your actual Windows 11 product key:

               slmgr.vbs /ipk your-product-key
  

  Once the product key is installed, activate Windows by running this command:

              slmgr.vbs /ato