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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cereberus said:
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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Thanx M. Good to know ;)
 

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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.
 

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Windows 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.
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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
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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)
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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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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