Windows 11 kicked me out of WIP on Windows 11.

Hi Sibro.o,

Thanks for the information.

I am new to VMs. Therefore, your knowledge about VMs is way above my understanding.

There is one thing I couldn't yet learn. I couldn't carry over activation status from one installation ( on Windows 11 Pro host M/C ) to another ( Windows 10 Pro host M/C ) on the same PC. I did what @Johnny said in his post above ( copy some small configuration files in the guest installation ). I am sure I did something wrong.

Regards

Hi suat,

You're welcome.

I'm new to VMs myself. I just recently started to experiment with VMware despite having a lifetime license paid for years ago. I have very little experience with Hyper-V, sorry I can't be of much help to you. Maybe you could start using VMplayer and then the 3 of us plus and FG if he wants to join can help each other.

Regards

Hi Sibro.o,

Thanks for the information.

I am new to VMs. Therefore, your knowledge about VMs is way above my understanding.

I installed a VM ( Windows 11 Pro ) on Windows 11 Pro in Hyper-V Manager and activated it. I played with it for some time and then decided to install it on my main Windows 10 Pro. My main ( host ) PC does not have TPM module but Hyper-V app has simulated TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot.

I checked the compliance status of the VM against Windows 11 requirements and came up with this. TPM requirement is met for VM.

The screen snip below is from virtual Windows 11 Pro on Hyper-V VM on host M/C.

There is one thing I couldn't yet learn. I couldn't carry over activation status from one installation ( on Windows 11 Pro host M/C ) to another ( Windows 10 Pro host M/C ) on the same PC. I did what @Johnny said in his post above ( copy some small configuration files in the guest installation ). I am sure I did something wrong.

Regards

Hi suat,

In case you are interested, I will tell you what I have been doing in VM.

I made a Windows 7 x64 Pro VM legally activated with a valid key. I cloned it, downloaded MCT and made it W10 21H1. Then I cloned that one, applied the patches and made it W10 21H2 RP. Then I cloned that one, clean installed Windows 11 build .176 and joined Beta. Finally, I cloned that one too, clean installed 22449.1000 and joined Dev.

In other words, from a single Windows 7 installation, I was able to create 4 legally activated VMs 😁

![Image](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/6fe7b98d-52e9-47e2-a209-b1a69ce4216c?platform=QnA

On a different note, Johnny or regular users of VMware probably know about this.

I came across a VMware free easy to use utility called vCenter Converter Standalone that allows you to convert any physical machine into a VM, but it doesn't carry over the activation of the original machine. 😞

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Hi Pauli,

Thank you very much for your kind help. It is very much appreciated.

Maybe there is something wrong with my system, Host M/C. Both host M/C and guest VM have Windows 11 Pro edition. So that should not be the issue.

Have a nice Sunday.