The PCWorld Shop is offering a 92% discount on Microsoft Windows 11 Pro licenses making the $199 license a more affordable $15, or less if you get their 15% coupon. Delivery is digital nearly instant and requires accessing your PCWorld account to claim the keys.
Deal Page:
https://shop.pcworld.com/sales/mi...s-11-pro-7
BONUS: Subscribe to their newsletter for a 15% off code to save an additional $2.24 making it $12.73.
Listing claims it's a "Microsoft-Verified Partner", says the "Offer made possible by authorized Microsoft Partner" and the terms state:
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Unredeemed licenses can be returned for store credit within 30 days of purchase. Once your license is redeemed, all sales are final.
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PCWorld Support:
https://shop.pcworld.com/contact
It appears to be sold by the band "Retail King" and while this page loads
https://shop.pcworld.com/brands/retail-king, I don't see this particular deal. Unsure if this is someone selling Enterprise MAK keys or what so YMMV.
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These deals are always for OEM keys which will bind to the hardware and be non-transferable. They're also not licensed to be sold for resale (though MicroSoft doesn't retaliate).
If you're tech savvy enough to want to buy your own greymarket key, you're probably tech savvy enough to "activate" windows without a license.
This isn't so much me being for or against either practice, just me providing (potentially out of date) information.
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Look up Massgrave on Github, super easy to do.
"Free" and supported until 2032
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This version is designed for PCs that need a new license for Windows and meet the minimum system requirements for Windows 11. If your PC is running Windows 10 and you are unable to use Windows Update to install the free upgrade to Windows 11, you will not be able to install this version of Windows 11.
This version is designed for PCs that need a new license for Windows and meet the minimum system requirements for Windows 11. If your PC is running Windows 10 and you are unable to use Windows Update to install the free upgrade to Windows 11, you will not be able to install this version of Windows 11.
You can create an installation media USB drive with the restrictions removed
However, Windows 10 IoT LTSC is supported until 2030 and its much faster on old hardware. I'd recommend switching to this version of Windows and then just using MAS to activate.