glnz
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- A Hyper-V Virtual Machine of Win 11 Pro 64-bit v 21H2 running on Win 10 Pro 64-bit v 21H1 host
In the Virtualization part of this forum, I have gotten great advice on how to install and run Win 11 as a Virtual Machine in Hyper-V on my Win 10 PC.
However, there remains a question about activation of the W11: What types of license for an older OS will work to activate my Win 11 Virtual Machine? Correct me if I have this wrong, but I understand that a Retail license for Win 7 or later WILL work. However, an OEM license -- the COA on a sticker on a Win 7 PC -- will NOT work. Is that correct?
So what types of Win 7 licenses WILL work, and where can I find them? Ideally used from eBay but still good and cheap.
Grazie!!!!
However, there remains a question about activation of the W11: What types of license for an older OS will work to activate my Win 11 Virtual Machine? Correct me if I have this wrong, but I understand that a Retail license for Win 7 or later WILL work. However, an OEM license -- the COA on a sticker on a Win 7 PC -- will NOT work. Is that correct?
So what types of Win 7 licenses WILL work, and where can I find them? Ideally used from eBay but still good and cheap.
Grazie!!!!
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- A Hyper-V Virtual Machine of Win 11 Pro 64-bit v 21H2 running on Win 10 Pro 64-bit v 21H1 host
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Optiplex 7010
- CPU
- Intel Core i5-3470 CPU with four cores
- Memory
- 16GB RAM, of which 8GB is assigned to the Win 11 VM