PRODUCT KEY: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX Without one of these, you won't be able to activate your device.Ī Windows product key is a 25-character code used to activate Windows. A digital license (called a digital entitlement in Windows 10, Version 1511) is a method of activation that doesn't require you to enter a product key. First, Locate or Find your Windows product key (for Windows 10 or Windows 11)ĭepending on how you got your copy of Windows 10 or Windows 11 (OEM, Retail, or volume license), you'll need either a 25-character product key or a digital license to activate it. If you want to take advantage of tools like BitLocker for disk encryption and Assigned Access for locking user accounts or to connect to a Windows domain, you may want to upgrade to Windows 10 Home to Pro. That way, you can access the full, unrestricted version of Windows 11 without runnng afoul of Microsoft.While Windows 10 Home already comes with a suite of extra features compared to Windows 8.1, including the digital voice assistant Cortana and Virtual Desktops, Windows 10 Pro offers greater connectivity and privacy tools. We now know that’s not quite correct.ĭespite this clever piece of prompt engineering, there are legitimate ways to get Windows 11 for free.
At the time, it was thought that ChatGPT probably could not be used to conjure up genuine Windows 11 keys, since later editions of Windows use a more complex method of creating keys. In April 2023, someone used ChatGPT to create working Windows 95 keys by tricking it into generating the sequence of numbers commonly used in the keys. Still, it’s not the first time we’ve seen ChatGPT be used to obtain working Windows license keys. The keys generated were generic license keys, which means that while they will allow you to install or upgrade Windows, the resulting version of the operating system will be restricted and some features will be limited. There’s a catch Hatice Baran / Unsplashĭespite this method seemingly providing a free gateway to unrestricted Windows 11 and Windows 10 keys, there is actually a catch. Simply requesting a Windows 11 Pro key and then pasting it into the license key box in Windows’ Settings app under About > Product key and activation seemed to work. So, it seems that Microsoft’s artificial intelligence tool is not the only one vulnerable to this method.Īs well as that, showed how a similar technique could be used to upgrade from Windows 11 Home to Windows 11 Pro. The same technique also worked on Google Bard, which also generated a set of genuine Windows 10 keys.
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