Windows 11 Pro clean install on a machine with Windows 10 Pro OEM license

[Bfoster360]

Hi, 

My company has dozens of Windows 10 Pro machines with Dell OEM OS licenses.  I did a clean install of Windows 11 using the USB media creation tool and it installed Windows 11 HOME!  What is the best way to do a USB clean install of Windows 11 PRO, not home.  The OS install process did not give me the option to select the Windows 11 edition.  

In summary, I want to clean install Windows 11 Pro from USB media.  

Thanks!

[#2]

UPDATE : This machine was from a 3rd party Amazon re-seller and if you look at the Dell service tag on their website, it shows that it shipped with Windows 10 HOME.  Please beware of Amazon 3rd party resellers people!  

[#3]

Hi Bfoster360,
You may add instructions to change the USB to provide the option to choose Pro in the install, you will need to get a valid genuine Windows 10/11 Key.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/installing-windows-10-pro-instead-of-home/fb62...

You may find generic keys to get them installed but it won't activate. 

https://winaero.com/windows-11-generic-keys-for-all-editions/#:~:text=Generic%20Keys%20for%20Windows...

You may consider buying volume license through vendors or through micorsoft.

Thanks,

Shawn

[#4]

Sadly there are lot of resellers across the internet, seen a lot of people reselling hardware with windows 11 on unsupported system. so sad 😞