Chancer Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 I have a laptop (Lenovo) that had Win10 installed. It had some issues so I decided to reformat and start again. I have installed Win11 but it is the home version. It appears to have a System Locked Pre-installation key. Is there a way to 'bypass' the embedded key so I can install Win 11 Pro? flash13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flash13 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Chancer said: install Win 11 Pro? My first stop would be a visit with an expert from the Office Team . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf9872000 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 The version of Win 10 which was installed, was it Home or Pro version ? For me, it was the Home version and Win 11 detected this version and therefore installed the Home version. You can use MAS (Microsoft Activation Scripts) v1.8 to change your version of Win 11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockyanexpert Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 (edited) search for a file named "ei.cfg" on internet. download and place it in /sources folder of windows install media. while installing, it will ask for the version of windows, you want to install. Edited July 10, 2023 by rockyanexpert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution DLord Posted July 10, 2023 Solution Share Posted July 10, 2023 I would re-installing the Win 10, change the installation to Pro (using MAS mentioned by @alf9872000 above), and then upgrade to Win 11 Pro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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