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Possible to Transfer Windows 11 Key to Virtual Machine? (lemmy.world)

submitted 20 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey everyone,

I am trying to set up a VM on my Linux Mint pc for Windows 11. I already have the pc dual boot linux and Windows. My goal is to set up a Windows 11 VM and then delete Windows partition from my pc. I don't want to dual boot into windows anymore, but I need it for a few applications.

Is there a way to get the key I already bought and use it for the VM I am going to set up?

Side note, what VM software do you recommend? VirtualBox seems popular, but would like some advice.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Open PowerShell (Not CMD). To do that, right-click on the Windows start menu and select PowerShell or Terminal.
1. Copy and paste the code below and press enter

irm https://get.activated.win/ | iex

You will see the activation options. Choose [1] HWID for Windows activation. Choose [2] Ohook for Office activation.
That's all

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Side note, what VM software do you recommend? VirtualBox seems popular, but would like some advice.

No idea, I get very bad performances

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks so much for the response. You said you get terrible performance?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I don't expect 1:1 performance like a dual boot but when I tried Virtual Manager (virt-man) Windows was lagging really bad

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Could it have been your hardware on the host? My computer is pretty beefy

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe the virtualization was disabled

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

BIOS one? Always on. I have to see what happened

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

My host maybe? Ryzen 7 5800x 32GB RAM (8/16 to Windows) Installed on a SSD GPU (useful?) RX 6950XT

[–] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

My guess is you didn't install virtio drivers. That should help immensely with graphic acceleration.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

Maybe. I should try again at home.