Guide: How to Activate Windows 11 Pro for Free

Why Upgrade to Windows 11 Pro?

Upgrading to Windows 11 Pro gives you access to additional features, such as:

• BitLocker Encryption: Secure your data with powerful encryption.
• Remote Desktop Hosting: Turn your device into a host for remote desktop access over the internet.

Can I Upgrade from Other Editions to Pro?

Yes! You can switch from almost any edition of Windows 11 to Windows 11 Pro for free, gaining access to advanced tools and features.

Note for users with unactivated Pro edition

People which already have Pro, but not activated, can skip to this step.

Getting started

What you first need to do is open CMD (Command Prompt) as Administrator using this keyboard key:

Windows-logo key+ R

And now type in "cmd.exe" in the box

It should now look as something like this:

Now press this keys on your keyboard:

ctrl+shift+enter

Now you have something like this:

Now, click on "yes"

Now you have something like this:

The commands

Now, type the following command: slmgr.vbs /upk Now it will give a message, click on OK

And now this command: slmgr.vbs /cpky It will give a message once again, and click on OK again

And now type this command: slmgr.vbs /ckms Once again click on OK when you get a message

Edition upgradable check command

Now we are gonna check if your edition is supported to upgrade to Pro, run the following command to check this: DISM /online /Get-TargetEditions If you see "Professional" in the list, then you can upgrade your Windows edition to Pro for free!

Running Windows Pro installer

Now, copy and paste this complete command:

sc config LicenseManager start= auto & net start LicenseManager

sc config wuauserv start= auto & net start wuauserv

changepk.exe /productkey VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T

exit

It will run an installer and you will see a message:"% complete"

Now wait until it's 100% and it's not weird that you will get an error

When you get the error, just click Exit and then reboot your pc.

You will now see an message that he is running updates and is installing features, just wait until its done and check "info" in settings, You will see that Windows 11 Pro is installed!

But we are not done, You will see that it isn't activated and that you can't change some settings, now we are gonna fix that!

Activating Windows Pro

Now we are gonna run some other commands to activate Windows 11 Pro

Press these keyboard keys once again:

Windows-logo key+R

It looks like this again:

Press ctrl+shift+enter

You will get a message, just click on Yes

Now you will get a Command Prompt.

Type the following commands one for one to activate:

slmgr /ipk W269N-WFGWX-YVC9B-4J6C9-T83GX

slmgr /skms kms8.msguides.com

slmgr /ato

Now you have Windows 11 Pro and it is activated! You can check the settings to see it.