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I decided to upgrade from the Beta Channel to the Dev Channel on my new desktop. Is there any way to delete the Dev build I have installed in a VMware VM and reinstall the Beta build and keep the activation?
 

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If I understand correctly, you mean that you want to install the BETA build in the same VM where you currently have the dev build, is that correct?

If so, simply install right over that dev build. The unique ID of the VM will remain the same and Windows will activate.

In that regard, it is the same as installation on a physical machine where installing over an existing Windows installation will still yield an activated copy of Windows because underlying system is still the same.
 

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Winuser said:
Is there any way to delete the Dev build I have installed in a VMware VM and reinstall the Beta build and keep the activation?
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A clean install would be required, you cannot downgrade to a 22000 build from a higher one in the Dev channel such as the current build 22489.

As long as you preserve the ID of the VM then its existing digital licence should activate any build of 10 or 11 (as long as you install the same edition, Home or Pro).

hsehestedt said:
With VMware, literally the only thing that I need to save is the UUID of the VM (just a few bytes of information). I can then create an entirely new VM with a new virtual disk. Before starting to install Windows I simply change the UUID. Then, when I install Windows from scratch it will come up activated. It makes it so much easier to save my activated VMs and restore later when needed for testing.
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Hyper-V - Preserve virtual machine digital license (activation) Tutorial

In case you want to activate your Windows virtual machines, it is important that you will preserve the activation and resulted digital license. When done correctly, you can delete the virtual machine when it is no longer needed, then restore it whenever required. You can even import it to...
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    fully 'Windows 11 ready' laptop. Windows 10 C: partition migrated from my old unsupported 'main machine' then upgraded to 11. A test migration ran Insider builds for 2 months. When 11 was released on 5th October it was re-imaged back to 10 and was offered the upgrade in Windows Update on 20th October. Windows Update offered the 22H2 Feature Update on 20th September 2022.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro.

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 128GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro 22H2 Insider Beta, and the release build of Win11 22H2, both as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 128GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro.
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    Dell Lattitude E4310
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    unsupported machine: Legacy bios, MBR, TPM 1.2, upgraded from W10 to W11 using W10/W11 hybrid install media workaround. In-place upgrade to 22H2 using ISO and a workaround.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro.

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 128GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro 22H2 Insider Beta, and the release build of Win11 22H2, both as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 128GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro.
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hsehestedt said:
If I understand correctly, you mean that you want to install the BETA build in the same VM where you currently have the dev build, is that correct?

If so, simply install right over that dev build. The unique ID of the VM will remain the same and Windows will activate.

In that regard, it is the same as installation on a physical machine where installing over an existing Windows installation will still yield an activated copy of Windows because underlying system is still the same.
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Yes! I decided to update my desktop from the Beta Channel to the Dev Channel. I want to switch my VM from the Dev Channel to the Beta Channel and I think I'll have to do a clean install and don't want to lose the activation.
 

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Excellent. Simply do a clean install right over the existing one. To clarify - keep the current VM, just attach your Windows Beta build as an ISO image, boot your VM from that BETA ISO image, and start installation. When you get to the screen where the disks are shown, delete all partitions from the Windows disk so that it is all unallocated space, then choose that unallocated space as the location to which you want to install.
 

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    HP Envy 32
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    2560 x 1440
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    1 x 1TB NVMe Gen 4 x 4 SSD
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    HP Spectre x360 15-BL012DX
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    Intel i7-7500U
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    32GB
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    Dual Intel HD 620 and Nvidia GeForce 940MX
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    Built-in Realtek HD Audio
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    4k 15-inch
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    4k (3840 x 2160)
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    1TB Seagate FireCuda 510 NVMe SSD
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    1Gb Up / 1Gb Down
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hsehestedt said:
Excellent. Simply do a clean install right over the existing one. To clarify - keep the current VM, just attach your Windows Beta build as an ISO image, boot your VM from that BETA ISO image, and start installation. When you get to the screen where the disks are shown, delete all partitions from the Windows disk so that it is all unallocated space, then choose that unallocated space as the location to which you want to install.
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Being the 1st of the month I'm getting read to go into bill paying mode. I'll try it later today and let you know how it goes.
 

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    16GB (8GB PC4-19200 DDR4 SDRAM x2)
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LOL. Always make sure to have your emergency backup!

Actually, in your case this would be insanely easy. You have a VM. Before you reinstall Windows, simply create a snapshot (the VMware term) or a checkpoint (the Hyper-V term). Since you are reinstalling the whole OS that snapshot will become a little large so my suggestion would be to delete it once you know everything is working well after your reinstallation. The point is that this will give you a way to revert back near instantly.
 

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    Motherboard
    ASUS Prime Z590-A
    Memory
    128GB Crucial Ballistix 3200MHz DRAM
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    Sound Card
    Realtek (on motherboard)
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    HP Envy 32
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    2560 x 1440
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    1 x 1TB NVMe Gen 4 x 4 SSD
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    2 x 512GB 2.5" SSDs
    2 x 8TB HD
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    Dual Intel HD 620 and Nvidia GeForce 940MX
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hsehestedt said:
LOL. Always make sure to have your emergency backup!

Actually, in your case this would be insanely easy. You have a VM. Before you reinstall Windows, simply create a snapshot (the VMware term) or a checkpoint (the Hyper-V term). Since you are reinstalling the whole OS that snapshot will become a little large so my suggestion would be to delete it once you know everything is working well after your reinstallation. The point is that this will give you a way to revert back near instantly.
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I was going to make a Macrium Image of the VM while it was running. The Image didn't show in Macrium so I'm making an image of my VM folder that contains Win 11 and Linux Mint. I'm using VMware Player 16 and I don't know if I can make or even how to make a snapshot. If I had a spare Pro key, I would use Hyper-V to make the VM.
 

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    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TI
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    Realtek Audio
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    Samsung SAM0A87 Samsung SAM0D32
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    1920 x 1080
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I'm installing Win 11 from within the VM. I chose to save nothing. I don't have anything that I need to save.
 

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hsehestedt said:
LOL. Always make sure to have your emergency backup!

Actually, in your case this would be insanely easy. You have a VM. Before you reinstall Windows, simply create a snapshot (the VMware term) or a checkpoint (the Hyper-V term). Since you are reinstalling the whole OS that snapshot will become a little large so my suggestion would be to delete it once you know everything is working well after your reinstallation. The point is that this will give you a way to revert back near instantly
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I'm thinking about getting a full Win 10 Pro key and install it in Hyper-V.
 

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    ASRock Z490 Phantom Gaming 4/ax
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    16GB (8GB PC4-19200 DDR4 SDRAM x2)
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TI
    Sound Card
    Realtek Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SAM0A87 Samsung SAM0D32
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    NVMe WDC WDS100T2B0C-00PXH0 1TB
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I'm not happy! Win 11 installed but it's using the basic MS video driver and I can't get it to go full screen.
 

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    16GB (8GB PC4-19200 DDR4 SDRAM x2)
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    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TI
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    Realtek Audio
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    1920 x 1080
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I did a Macrium folder restore and I'm back to where I started.
 

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Winuser said:
I'm not happy! Win 11 installed but it's using the basic MS video driver and I can't get it to go full screen.
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Did you actually install the appropriate display driver after installing Windows 11?

Here is a tip, I do this all the time:

1) From your working OS, open an elevated command prompt and run this command:

Code: 
pnputil /export-driver * D:\Drivers

The above command will export all drivers from your system to D:\Drivers. Note that you can specify another HD, a thumb drive, etc. as the destination. Make sure to put it somewhere that you will have access to after you reinstall Windows. You can even put it on the same thumb drive that you will install Windows from if you wish. Also, be aware that this can take a while so just allow the command to run until it has completed.

2) Install your new copy of Windows. Open an elevated command prompt. Change directories to the location where your exported drivers are. For example, you might type the following:

Code: 
D:
CD \Drivers

Then run this command:

Code: 
pnputil /add-driver *.inf /subdirs /install

3) Again, this may take a while. Note too that the screen may go blank for a little while when the display driver is installed. This is normal. After the screen comes back, the command window may be minimized. Feel free to restore it.

4) Once that process has completed, reboot your system. All drivers should now be installed.
 

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Does that work in the free version of VMware Workstation 16 Player?
 

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Sure. Doesn't matter if it a VM or a physical machine. Just so long as the hardware is same when you export and when you reinstall.
 

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I backed up the drivers in the VM and will try the clean install again. The display drivers that are available in the restored VM are the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter and the VMware SVGA 3D. I'm surprised that the VMware SVGA 3D driver wasn't an option when I did the clean install. The only driver available was the Micrsoft Basic Driver.
 

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With VMware you have to install the VMware tools. That applies the VMware display driver. However, if you backup and restore the drivers as I noted, that will include the VMware display driver.

If you have not already started a clean install again, you can save yourself the time and effort by simply installing the VMware tools.

With Windows running in the VM, in the VMware UI, select VM > Install VMware Tools. If it doesn't run automatically within about 30 seconds, you should see a CD / DVD drive within Windows that will let you install the VMware Tools (which include the display driver).
 

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hsehestedt said:
With VMware you have to install the VMware tools. That applies the VMware display driver. However, if you backup and restore the drivers as I noted, that will include the VMware display driver.

If you have not already started a clean install again, you can save yourself the time and effort by simply installing the VMware tools.

With Windows running in the VM, in the VMware UI, select VM > Install VMware Tools. If it doesn't run automatically within about 30 seconds, you should see a CD / DVD drive within Windows that will let you install the VMware Tools (which include the display driver).
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I was going to give it another try today but I got busy. I don't need two Win 11 Dev builds running on the same computer so I might try again tomorrow.
 

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@hsehestedt , I got side tracked and haven't tried installing Win 11 Beta yet. I decided to use my Birthday present to buy a Windows 10 Pro key. After a little hassle I have Win 10 Pro running in Hyper-V.
 

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hsehestedt said:
With VMware you have to install the VMware tools. That applies the VMware display driver. However, if you backup and restore the drivers as I noted, that will include the VMware display driver.

If you have not already started a clean install again, you can save yourself the time and effort by simply installing the VMware tools.

With Windows running in the VM, in the VMware UI, select VM > Install VMware Tools. If it doesn't run automatically within about 30 seconds, you should see a CD / DVD drive within Windows that will let you install the VMware Tools (which include the display driver).
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I just attempted to install the Beta build but the Dev build is in the middle of updating. I have the VM imaged with Macrium and all the drivers backed up. When finished my desktop will have Win 11 Pro Dev build as host, Win 11 Home Beta build running in VMware and Win 10 Pro running in Hyper-V
 

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