And that applies not only to Canary builds, as it was last month—from now on, only genuine Windows 11 and 10 keys can activate your computer running Microsoft's latest operating system.

Here’s how you can activate Windows 11 Pro key genuine license on your PC for only $9 the easy way.

From here, Microsoft will make sure to activate Windows for you. This would have been an easier process if Windows 11/10 was tied to a Microsoft account. Still, it might help if you signed in to ...

Also, bear in mind that activation depends on what type of Windows 8.1/10/11 license for your device. If Windows 8.1/10/11 came pre-installed with the computer, then the device has an OEM license.