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Oh definitely!

Good news! I was able to install Windows 10 without a hitch, and upgraded to 11 no problem. All good, thanks everyone for their help!

Just had a thought - perhaps a bad one, lol - as I've never tried something like this before: If I make a disk image of my current 11...

In that case it should have an existing digital license stored on Microsoft's activation servers and linked to the hardware ID of the...

It's also possible to buy OEM Windows 11 licenses at much lower price than retail. Example: there's usually a link at www.guru3d.com...

Thanks everyone. Lots of good ideas here. My friend says Windows 10 was originally on it. I do have a MS account, so I'll try...

Actually there is no 'grace period'. An unactivated Windows 10/11 will run indefinitely, but with restriction on personalisation until...

If the laptop came with Windows it may have a key in the bios or a digital license.

Awesome. Yes, the plan is to pay, but I won't be able to until next month. Thanks!

Yes, the media creation tool which will use a generic product key which provides a grace period until you're prompted for a paid...

My advice, buy it, keep Linux on it , learn it, it will come in handy.

There is no free version of Windows OS only Linux is free distro you will need to purchase the Windows product key and use Windows 11...

A friend wants to sell his Linux loaded laptop for almost nothing, which is hard to resist. Is there a way to legally get Windows for...

Have you tried doing a handle search within Process Explorer for something like "facebook"?

This could be a Facebook ad pop up? Do you use any type of ad blocker?