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If you don’t yet have a Microsoft account, see How to create a new Microsoft account. If not, you’re logged in with a local account. If an email address is displayed, this is a Microsoft account. If you’re not an administrator, see Create a local user or administrator account.Ĭonfirm that the administrator account is also your Microsoft account by checking to see if an email address is displayed above Administrator. Under your name, you’ll see Administrator. To confirm you're using an administrator account, select the Start button, then select Settings > Accounts > Your info. Sign in as an administrator to add your Microsoft account. To link your Microsoft account, follow these instructions: If you have purchased a license for this device already and still receive an error message, continue to Methods of activation. If you need to purchase a license for your device, see "Purchase a Windows 11 license." You might need to purchase Windows 11 to activate. You will see an error message explaining the failure. Your Microsoft account is already linked to your digital license. Windows is activated with a digital license linked to your Microsoft account Your Microsoft account is not linked to your digital license. Windows is activated with a digital license You'll see one of these activation status messages on the Activation page:įollow instructions in Linking your Microsoft account.

Your activation status will be listed next to Activation. Volume keys are managed by IT administrators that control licenses for company computers.To check activation status in Windows 11, select the Start button, and then select Settings > System and then select Activation. Volume keys are meant for corporations and governmental agencies. Such keys are digitally tied to the motherboard on the machine, so they can’t be transferred between computers like retail keys.įor instance, if you change the motherboard on an OEM PC, you’ll have to buy a new license key to activate Windows on your computer. OEM keys, as the name suggests, come pre-installed on new OEM PCs. These keys either come inside the box, if you buy a boxed copy of Windows, or you receive them by email if you buy one digitally. Retail keys are the ones you get with a retail copy of Windows that you buy from a retail store or an online site. There are three types of Windows activation keys: While, with Windows 10 and 11, Microsoft can automatically verify the legitimacy of your copy, sometimes users do need to activate using product keys that they have purchased or the ones that came with the machine.