This issue comes up particularly often with devices that come with Windows 11 preinstalled (as was the case before, for example, with Windows 10): The Home edition is installed, but you want a different edition, usually Professional. If you have a product key for the Professional edition, it’s no problem – just enter the key like so:

The target edition is identified using the key and the feature installation or removal begins once the process is running:

The system will restart and you should be switched to the target edition. If the process fails, try it several times. A “clean” restart can also help; for me, it doesn’t always work right away either. After the switch, Windows 11 Professional will run successfully in this case:

But what if you want to switch to a different edition but don’t have a key for it (yet) or if the PC has already been digitally activated in the past?

There is a solution for this: generic product keys, officially provided by Microsoft. They aren’t suitable for activation, but they’re very useful for installation and migration. I’ve summarized the most important ones in the table below:

Usage

Just paste the correct product key for the version of Windows 11 you want into the product key change dialog shown above (use the right-click menu to copy and paste -> CTRL+C / CTRL+V never worked for me there) and it’ll be updated right away!

Deskmodder has a few more, including some for rare editions and server versions.

Der Beitrag Windows 11: Change the installed edition erschien zuerst auf flohs blog.

It’s no secret that Windows 11 is mercilessly overloaded, constantly collecting data and sending it home. You can tinker with many parts of the system, use group policies, make registry changes, and so on. Or you can use Raphire’s very convenient script on GitHub:

https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat

The easiest way is to open a PowerShell or terminal window as an administrator, paste this command, and execute it:

& ([scriptblock]::Create((irm "https://debloat.raphi.re/")))

& ([scriptblock]::Create((irm "https://debloat.raphi.re/")))

A really good solution. The GitHub page also describes in detail what each parameter does and what capabilities the script offers.

The best option would be not to use Windows 11 at all. However, for some applications, such as gaming, this is only a limited option at the moment. Apart from that, there is a lot of software that only works on modern Windows, especially the various Adobe applications. The alternative, macOS, is out of the question for me.

Der Beitrag Windows 11 Debloating erschien zuerst auf flohs blog.