Windows 11 licensing

[Oceanboy007]

Hello!

I have an HP Elitedesk 800 G4 (i7-8700 CPU) that wont license Windows 11 after an install. I build this model machine all the time and have done at least 50 so far with no problems. The image I use is on a Kingston flash drive right from Microsoft site. 

Interesting facts...

When I load Win 10 on the same machine, I still get the no license error. However... when I use a KMS license tool..it will let me activate it. When I use that same tool after installing Win 11, it errors and locks up. 

Any comments or suggestions  are welcome!

Thanks!

[DGroves]

just to be clear,.... activation by using a KMS program run on your local computer is piracy

legit users with a valid KMS client key (serial) can contact microsoft support for activation of windows or help

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/volume-activation/activate-using-key-management...

non retail windows activation on OEM windows such as HP/Dell/Lenovo need to be directed to the proper OEM's support dept

KMS activation is not used for local per system activations microsoft does not sell per user kms activation

KMS activations are for companies that have numerous systems running windows

legit activations will come from your companies licensed KMS server or from the Microsoft server

windows 11 actively checks for piracy activation tools during OS install and during normal OS use more agressivly than windows 10 

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/volume-activation/activate-using-key-management...