Microsoft OEM System Builder | Windоws 11 Pro | Intended use for new systems | Authorized by Microsoft

Product is exactly what was advertised. Remember its mounts on a new system and can only be used on that system. You can go to Microsoft store pay more but that includes tech support and being able to mount this windows Pro on a couple more times! I purchased a Lenovo ThinkCentre Micro Desktop with Keyboard & Mouse, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD Drive and I could never get windows to boot. It was locked at login telling me that it was not a new unit. I went into the bios and low and behold it was from late 2024. So I could use it I loaded Mint Linux and Ubuntu on same drive so I could use it and decided to get new ssd and a new windows operating system. As I write these words I am creating a recovery drive if I ever need to restore!

I purchased and used this disk to install Windows 11 Pro on my latest build. I had no issues. I used a portable DVD drive to do the install. Everything is working well. I will say that Windows 11 Pro has some quirks to it that, coming from Windows 10, really makes me scratch my head wondering "What were they thinking!". I actually prepared a document of my experiences in case I ever had to do it again. A month later we decided to upgrade my wife's laptop from Windows 10 to Windows 11, and I got to again employ many of the items identified in my earlier document. I have nothing against using OS downloads rather than an installation DVD, but I don't have any USB drives of sufficient capacity to hold an OS installation image, and I couldn't find any I thought reliable.

This product was used on two home-built ASUS desktops and an ASUS Vivobook notebook computer. I make my computers to be dual boot; Windows (whatever version) and Linux (Mint). The way I switch operating systems is to shut down the computer, access the UEFI (BIOS), and change to the SSD or the partition of the operating system I want to use. This worked fine. I have done this sort of thing for years, dating back to Windows XP. Most of the time I leave these three computers running all the time under Windows (11). One morning last August (2024), I find all three computers were alive in Linux. I shut down and switched back to Windows, and the computers completed a compulsory update. Days later I try to switch to Linux to do (my) scheduled updates. Microsoft has locked me out of the UEFIs, so I cannot switch operating systems. Just swell. I can work around this with the desktop systems, but it is a Royal Pain. I have to get in the box, then pry out the lithium battery for the realtime clock and BIOS. After the BIOS' brains are scrambled, I reassemble the machine, set the clock, fix the "secure boot" vandalism, and switch (or not switch) operating systems. This works fine until Microsoft gets their tentacles on the computers again, via mandatory update. The notebook computer is another catastrophe. Getting inside is the thing is not much fun. I cannot find a lithium battery to pop out. It might not have one. I have an old HP money pit notebook that when you unplug the main battery, the BIOS wakes up says "Where the heck am I?" The ASUS Vivobook has no such feature. I have unplugged the battery overnight, and it still doesn't let go. The only way I can regain control is to unplug the SSD, and start the machine up without an SSD. That gets the BIOS' attention. I leave this computer running Linux. Someday, when I have time, I will rework the SSD to make it all Linux. The Vivobook has only one SSD. That is another joy brought to me from the Benevolent System "Administrators" of Microsoft. They will no longer allow me to back up Windows on another SSD. I have a 2 TB SSD, half Windows/half Linux. It looks like the only solution is Wipe the SSD and reinstall Linux on the entire 2 TB. Remember this when you contemplate buying your next Microsoft product. You think you own it, but do you really? Oh yeah, you pay for it. When it breaks you fix it, replace it, or junk it. But if you use it in a way that Microsoft does not approve, they will "fix" it for you. After all, they can do that. You really don't own it.

I know plenty of people end up having issues & the myriad of things that can crop up be it the OS, hardware or software. I used computers from the Atari 800 days, but my real experience as i see it started with my first 386 16/20 and i have owned and used as far as i remember everything since MS DOS 5 until i made a point of skipping 8 & 10 though i worked on and with computers using 8 & 10. So i have built and worked on a lot of PCs over the years and though i remember DOS days and NT 3.51 with a little sentiment. Win 7 pro & Win 11 pro never caused me any real trouble. Oh i have used Linux in a few distros over the years & played with IBM Dos & OS2 ect... Bottom line if you want to run modern hardware & live in the mainstream and create as little headaches as possible you NEED to run current windows or whatever ecosystem you might choose if it is your thing i am not here to argue. Win 11 has been very solid for me and while i go win 7 with the look and use styles where i can. My days of creating problems in order to cure my boredom are long gone. The good old days were not as good as things are now i assure you i do remember all of the issues very clearly and i build a computer now only when needed. Sure money is an issue going high end was never something i liked and when paid or doing a favor i have gone high end a few times, but mostly bang for buck. In my opinion Win 11 is fine. Sure little crap happens from time to time but everything has been easily resolved. Hey good luck as if you want support for any current hardware you will have to use windows 11.

Funktioniert problemlos, toller und schneller Service Die Software muss man sich natürlich über Microsoft runterladen.

I like it. It is working well. Not one single glitch.

Good product

Producto legítimo microsoft, no tuve problemas para instalar en un equipo nuevo, licencia aceptada, sticker original en empaque OEM original sellado.

Good stuff