Bypass oem key for a clean install


RiseFall

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If I have a laptop with pre-installed Windows 11 Home and I want to format and clean install Windows 11 Pro with the official Microsoft multi-edition ISO,

I surely have the oem key of Windows 11 Home in the hardware so Windows will install the Home edition without ask any Product Key,

I want to avoid to upgrade later to the Pro edition,

It's still a solution to create a file named "ei.cfg" with the text:

[EditionID]
Professional
[Channel]
Retail

or

[Channel]
_Default
[VL]
0

and put it into the "Sources" folder of the USB support?
 
Windows Build/Version
Windows 11

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
Ei.cfg works.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS Zenbook 14
    CPU
    I9 13th gen i9-13900H 2.60 GHZ
    Motherboard
    Yep, Laptop has one.
    Memory
    16 GB soldered
    Graphics Card(s)
    Integrated Intel Iris XE
    Sound Card
    Realtek built in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    laptop OLED screen
    Screen Resolution
    2880x1800 touchscreen
    Hard Drives
    1 TB NVME SSD (only weakness is only one slot)
    PSU
    Internal + 65W thunderbolt USB4 charger
    Case
    Yep, got one
    Cooling
    Stella Artois (UK pint cans - 568 ml) - extra cost.
    Keyboard
    Built in UK keybd
    Mouse
    Bluetooth , wireless dongled, wired
    Internet Speed
    900 mbs (ethernet), wifi 6 typical 350-450 mb/s both up and down
    Browser
    Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    TPM 2.0, 2xUSB4 thunderbolt, 1xUsb3 (usb a), 1xUsb-c, hdmi out, 3.5 mm audio out/in combo, ASUS backlit trackpad (inc. switchable number pad)

    Macrium Reflect Home V8
    Office 365 Family (6 users each 1TB onedrive space)
    Hyper-V (a vm runs almost as fast as my older laptop)

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