Right now in our PCWorld Software store you can buy a Windows 10 Pro license for just $69.99, 65% off its typical price of $199.99. Once installed, you can upgrade to Windows 11 Pro for free.

When you upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, or to Windows 11 from Windows 10, a digital license activates the copy of Windows instead of a product key.

When trying to activate Windows 10 PC with the volume license key, it failed to activate and throw an error 0xc004f014, then see this post.

Command Prompt (or CMD) is probably the easiest way to find the Windows 10 license key on your computer. For this method, first, launch the Command Prompt as Administrator.

The volume license key allows installation of Windows Server 2003 on multiple systems without the activation process required for single licenses. Volume license keys are meant for corporate users.

The option to upgrade without cost from Windows 7 or 8 was terminated by Microsoft in late September, with the intention of phasing out older operating systems in favor of newer, more secure versions.

After that, Windows will start nagging you to enter a license key. The Windows Development Environment is available in four variants: VMWare, Hyper-V Gen2, Parallels, and VirtualBox.