UPDATE: After contacting this company's customer service regarding the problem with the original product key (see below), they immediately sent me a new product key which did, in fact, activate Windows 11 Pro with no issues at all. Their customer service responded immediately to my communications with them!
There has been much discussion about what you get when you purchase a deeply discounted product key from an online source. Well, here is my experience. I purchased this:
The total charge was $6.21 on my paypal account. This company is located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). I received a link in email to go back to their website and obtain the product key, which I did. I entered the Product Key into Showkey Plus:
Then I attempted to activate a new Windows 11 Pro VM with it and got the error message that the product key was in use on another computer. I notified ElectronicFirst that the product was already in use, they told me to call MS, which I did (the MS software activation number provided by Windows). I eventually got to the heavily Indian accented customer support guy, gave him the installation ID from the activation window. He had me cancel that, and then click on Troubleshoot and Windows 11 Pro activated.
Final verdict: they are selling reused product keys, but MS is honoring it if you call them. I am now going to dispute the $6.21 charge to my credit card via paypal.
There has been much discussion about what you get when you purchase a deeply discounted product key from an online source. Well, here is my experience. I purchased this:
The total charge was $6.21 on my paypal account. This company is located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). I received a link in email to go back to their website and obtain the product key, which I did. I entered the Product Key into Showkey Plus:
Then I attempted to activate a new Windows 11 Pro VM with it and got the error message that the product key was in use on another computer. I notified ElectronicFirst that the product was already in use, they told me to call MS, which I did (the MS software activation number provided by Windows). I eventually got to the heavily Indian accented customer support guy, gave him the installation ID from the activation window. He had me cancel that, and then click on Troubleshoot and Windows 11 Pro activated.
Final verdict: they are selling reused product keys, but MS is honoring it if you call them. I am now going to dispute the $6.21 charge to my credit card via paypal.
- Windows Build/Version
- Windows 11 Pro 22H2
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My Computers
System One System Two
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- OS
- Windows 11
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Homebuilt
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
- Motherboard
- ASUS ROG Crosshair VII Hero (WiFi)
- Memory
- 32GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
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- Operating System
- Windows 11 Education
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Inspiron 7773
- CPU
- Intel i7-8550U
- Memory
- 32GB
- Graphics card(s)
- Nvidia Geforce MX150
- Sound Card
- Realtek
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 17"
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
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Toshiba 512GB NVMe SSD
SK Hynix 512GB SATA SSD
- Internet Speed
- Fast!
