Interesting digital activation tests


cereberus said:
Just done a couple of tests

1) installed Pro on a Pro N VM - it activated
2) installed Pro N on a Pro VM - it activated

In the past, you could not activate Pro with a Pro N key or vice versa, but it seems the digital licence does not care if Pro or Pro N.

I cannot say if this has always been the case but maybe I never realised this before.

I am betting if I install Home N on a VM with Pro licence, it will activate - my next test!
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I did the test of the downgrade activation a while back (Pro to Home - I'm sure I posted on TF) but not with N that's new to me.
 

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cereberus said:
Just done a couple of tests

1) installed Pro on a Pro N VM - it activated
2) installed Pro N on a Pro VM - it activated

In the past, you could not activate Pro with a Pro N key or vice versa, but it seems the digital licence does not care if Pro or Pro N.

I cannot say if this has always been the case but maybe I never realised this before.

I am betting if I install Home N on a VM with Pro licence, it will activate - my next test!
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Yep - activated. So not only does a consumer Pro licence activate Home & Home SL, it will activate N variants as well!
 

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However, I think product keys are still very edition specific for the first activation.
 

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NavyLCDR said:
However, I think product keys are still very edition specific for the first activation.
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Yep - I suspect this is the case - I will try activating a Pro install with a Pro N key.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro + others in VHDs
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS Vivobook 14
    CPU
    I7
    Motherboard
    Yep, Laptop has one.
    Memory
    16 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Integrated Intel Iris XE
    Sound Card
    Realtek built in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    N/A
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    1 TB Optane NVME SSD, 1 TB NVME SSD
    PSU
    Yep, got one
    Case
    Yep, got one
    Cooling
    Stella Artois
    Keyboard
    Built in
    Mouse
    Bluetooth , wired
    Internet Speed
    72 Mb/s :-(
    Browser
    Edge mostly
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    TPM 2.0
NavyLCDR said:
However, I think product keys are still very edition specific for the first activation.
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I tried activating Pro N using a Pro Key on a new vm without digital licence, and it would not accept key. So although the digital licences work on either, 1st time use of keys is still edition specific, as you surmised/
 

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    ASUS Vivobook 14
    CPU
    I7
    Motherboard
    Yep, Laptop has one.
    Memory
    16 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Integrated Intel Iris XE
    Sound Card
    Realtek built in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    N/A
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    1 TB Optane NVME SSD, 1 TB NVME SSD
    PSU
    Yep, got one
    Case
    Yep, got one
    Cooling
    Stella Artois
    Keyboard
    Built in
    Mouse
    Bluetooth , wired
    Internet Speed
    72 Mb/s :-(
    Browser
    Edge mostly
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    TPM 2.0
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