version unactivated to avoid potential hardware change issues. Ap(Image: Ren Ramos) You’ve upgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 11 and now realize you’re not that crazy about Microsoft's newest operating system. That said, the difference between activated & not is pretty minimal, e.g., for my Windows to go drive I use the Ent. You can also add copies of Windows to the same hardware, and those added copies will be activated, e.g., dual boot an Insider’s copy & one regular copy.
You can also reinstall an activated copy of Windows fresh on that VM, & just like with real hardware it will self activate. Edit the registry as suggested in other Microsoft community posts to change references of Windows 10 Professional to Windows 10 Home followed by reinstalling Windows. Once you activate Windows on a VM, you can copy that VM anywhere and it will be activated, but you have to copy the actual VM, not just the VHD. Fixes tried: Change product key in Activation section. I must have screwed up and accidentally installed Enterprise or upgraded to it somehow, now my key is invalid. Their activation servers cannot tell the difference between a real laptop / PC and a VM. 10 1 So I’ve been using my PC for years and have Windows 10 Home. How they arrive at the hardware ID is a well kept secret. Particularly with these OEM or volume licensing deals, Microsoft ties the key to the hardware.
Suggest for safety you plan to save a backup copy of the activated VM though since if you later somehow hose it bad enough to have to reinstall then there is a chance MS can see it as a new machine & require new key if it is somehow changed enough. One is Windows 10 Pro, and another one is Windows 10 home.
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