The PCWorld Shop is offering a 92% discount on Microsoft Windows 11 Pro licenses making the $199 license a more affordable $15, or less if you get their 15% coupon. Delivery is digital nearly instant and requires accessing your PCWorld account to claim the keys.
Deal Page:
https://shop.pcworld.com/sales/mi...s-11-pro-7
BONUS: Subscribe to their newsletter for a 15% off code to save an additional $2.24 making it $12.73.
Listing claims it's a "Microsoft-Verified Partner", says the "Offer made possible by authorized Microsoft Partner" and the terms state:
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Unredeemed licenses can be returned for store credit within 30 days of purchase. Once your license is redeemed, all sales are final.
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PCWorld Support:
https://shop.pcworld.com/contact
It appears to be sold by the band "Retail King" and while this page loads
https://shop.pcworld.com/brands/retail-king, I don't see this particular deal. Unsure if this is someone selling Enterprise MAK keys or what so YMMV.
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These deals are always for OEM keys which will bind to the hardware and be non-transferable. They're also not licensed to be sold for resale (though MicroSoft doesn't retaliate).
If you're tech savvy enough to want to buy your own greymarket key, you're probably tech savvy enough to "activate" windows without a license.
This isn't so much me being for or against either practice, just me providing (potentially out of date) information.
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"Free" and supported until 2032
This version is designed for PCs that need a new license for Windows and meet the minimum system requirements for Windows 11. If your PC is running Windows 10 and you are unable to use Windows Update to install the free upgrade to Windows 11, you will not be able to install this version of Windows 11.
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This version is designed for PCs that need a new license for Windows and meet the minimum system requirements for Windows 11. If your PC is running Windows 10 and you are unable to use Windows Update to install the free upgrade to Windows 11, you will not be able to install this version of Windows 11.
You can create an installation media USB drive with the restrictions removed
However, Windows 10 IoT LTSC is supported until 2030 and its much faster on old hardware. I'd recommend switching to this version of Windows and then just using MAS to activate.
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- Download Win11 ISO file from Microsoft. https://www.microsoft.c
- Download Rufus. https://rufus.ie/en/
- Use Rufus to make a Bootable USB drive (Uncheck TPM 2.0 option and anything else you don't want as you are making it).
- plug in USB and run setup.exe.
Or, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup in your registry and right-click in the right pane, select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value, and enter the following text as the name:AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMOrCPU
Then install win11 from the iso.
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If adding Pro features to Home version, the deal is one inexpensive way to do so.
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Differences? Group policy, hyper-v, encryption, remote, etc. Esoteric things most will never need, and if they do, there's free alternatives one can usually use with Home version. Eg hyper-v -> vmware workstation.
I used Groupon and the keys work. I bought the home version a few years back and then just upgraded to win 11 pro no issues
- Download Win11 ISO file from Microsoft. https://www.microsoft.c
- Download Rufus. https://rufus.ie/en/
- Use Rufus to make a Bootable USB drive (Uncheck TPM 2.0 option and anything else you don't want as you are making it).
- plug in USB and run setup.exe.
Or, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup in your registry and right-click in the right pane, select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value, and enter the following text as the name:AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMOrCPU
Then install win11 from the iso.
.....
If adding Pro features to Home version, the deal is one inexpensive way to do so.
....
Differences? Group policy, hyper-v, encryption, remote, etc. Esoteric things most will never need, and if they do, there's free alternatives one can usually use with Home version. Eg hyper-v -> vmware workstation.
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