Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

You can no longer activate new Windows 11 builds with Windows 7 or 8 keys; maybe last chance to activate using Windows 7 or 8 keys, for 22H2.

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You can no longer activate new Windows 11 builds with Windows 7 or 8 keys; maybe last chance to activate using Windows 7 or 8 keys, for 22H2.

Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

You can no longer activate new Windows 11 builds with Windows 7 or 8 keys

Bad news for those planning to activate Windows 11 with a Windows 7 or 8/8.1 key: users noticed that the latest Windows 11 preview builds no longer allow activation with old license keys.

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13•1 year ago
Hmm, this shouldn’t affect me, as my Win 7 Pro key is now a Win 10 Pro key, right?
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  3•1 year ago
  If you already activated it once with 10 Pro, then yes, you can freely use it beyond the cut-off date.

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