ARM64 Build 20231 Preview Activation Key

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ARM64 Build 20231 Preview Activation Key

Ed McConnell 1

I've downloaded and installed the 20231 ARM64 Preview build (.VHDX) and due to install issues, have repeated the process a few times, including creating new virtual machines, and in the process have misplaced the activation key.

How do I retrieve the activation key?

Thanks,

Steven Goodey 1 Reputation point

2021-08-17T04:21:43.713+00:00

I would also like to know the answer to this.

As the ARM preview is Windows Pro, unless you own the pro version of Windows it dosent seem to work.
As i only have Home versions if Windows i feel that paying £200 for a preview version of windows just to activate it seems a bit much.

I dont understand why all features of the ARM preview are not available. To personalize it and see how it works i need to activate it and i cant.

I would like someone from Microsoft to address this issue and respond to why all features are not available unless its activated. I think no one here would pay £200 for a version of Windows that is currently in its preview stage.

Ive not come across this in preview builds of Windows before.

it also dosent help when it tells u that you need to be connected to your organizations network to activate. I mean this seems dumb as home users like me will be testing this preview build too.

Steven Goodey 1 Reputation point

2021-08-17T04:21:43.713+00:00

I would also like to know the answer to this.

As the ARM preview is Windows Pro, unless you own the pro version of Windows it dosent seem to work.
As i only have Home versions if Windows i feel that paying £200 for a preview version of windows just to activate it seems a bit much.

I dont understand why all features of the ARM preview are not available. To personalize it and see how it works i need to activate it and i cant.

I would like someone from Microsoft to address this issue and respond to why all features are not available unless its activated. I think no one here would pay £200 for a version of Windows that is currently in its preview stage.

Ive not come across this in preview builds of Windows before.

it also dosent help when it tells u that you need to be connected to your organizations network to activate. I mean this seems dumb as home users like me will be testing this preview build too.

Answer 1

Joy Qiao 4,766 Microsoft Employee

Hi,

Did you get insider activation key when you register it?
If yes, we could try the following general insider activation key to activate your system.

Windows 10 Home: TX9XD-98N7V-6WMQ6-BX7FG-H8Q99
Windows 10 Pro: VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T
Windows 10 Enterprise: NPPR9-FWDCX-D2C8J-H872K-2YT43

Here is resource link for more information: Windows 10 Preview Product Key

As your issue is more related with insider system version, I would recommend to contact with that specific forum for insider system: Windows Insider Program

Please note: Information posted in the given link is hosted by a third party. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy and effectiveness of information.

If my information or redirection is useful for you, please accept it as answer. It will help other customers find useful result more quickly.

Bests,

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Ed McConnell 1 Reputation point

2020-12-22T13:53:53.983+00:00

This did not work for me, probably because there is a different key for the ARM64 preview release, and yes, I did receive the product key originally and when I activated then, it worked. But, as a result of troubleshooting and reinstall, I misplaced the product key that I had access to at that time, so when I did the reinstall, it is now reporting that there is not a valid product key with the installation that now appears to be working except for the activation message.

The link that you provided appears to be for x32/x64 based ISO images and what I used was an ARM64 .vhdx image.

Thanks for feedback. If you have a different link to help me find a key for the ARM64 release, I would appreciate your forwarding it.

Ed
Joy Qiao 4,766 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2020-12-24T10:27:46.63+00:00

Hi Ed,

Thank you for your reply.

As there is a specific forum for insider preview version, try to create another thread on that forum, they might be more familiar and should have more resource for you.

Bests,
Joy.
Huang-Nan Huang 1 Reputation point

2021-08-21T04:14:40.09+00:00

Hi,
Thanks for this post. Although the it shows Windows 10 Pro (Build 21390.co), I use the corresponding activation key and it fails. But after I try the key for Enterprise version and it works.
Best,

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