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accidently installed win 11 pro instead of win 11 home
i recently updated my windows version via the insider program and i accidently installed windows 11 pro instead of win 11 home so now i cant activate it
- cool thanks fellas appreciate the help
- generally speaking you can can only uplift the versions get from home to pro or pro to enterprise - you could try changing the product key to the generic windows 11 product key
Windows 11 Home YTMG3-N6DKC-DKB77-7M9GH-8HVX7
https://winaero.com/windows-11-generic-keys-for-all-editions/ provides information on changing the keys.
If this does not work then you may have to clean install windows 11 homewheres the best place to download the iso. everywhere ive tried so far automatically detects my settings an starts trying to reinstall 11 pro
Download Windows 11 (microsoft.com) using the Media creation tool - also as little_Joe advised also ensure you do a clean install.
It might pay to also do a clean disk before reinstalling the OS as well - to do this boot off the USB Media / ISO image at the language selection screen press shift + F10 which will open the command prompt
run diskpart and select the disk followed by clean - which will remove all the partitions and disk structure ensuring a clean starting point - close the command prompt and continue with the install ensuring you select the correct version 🙂
- You will have to perform a clean installation on this.
chrisb0918 Hi
Maybe this tool will work for you?
Start fresh with a clean installation of Windows 10 (microsoft.com)
