Microsoft will cease previous Home windows product keys from activating new Home windows installs

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RIP to one in every of my favourite loopholes: Microsoft quietly introduced earlier this month (through Neowin) that customers will not have the ability to set up and activate Home windows 10 or Home windows 11 with previous Home windows 7 and Home windows eight product keys.

Not less than for now, although, it looks like this variation will solely apply to future Home windows variations. We have been in a position to activate a contemporary Home windows 11 Professional 22H2 set up with a Home windows eight Professional product key as of this morning, as was Neowin. However Neowin couldn’t activate a more recent Insider Preview construct of Home windows, suggesting that the change will principally have an effect on newer Home windows variations. We have requested Microsoft for clarification and can replace this story if we obtain any.