I restored Windows 11 on a fresh NVMe drive using the media creation utility, yet it remains inactive.
I restored Windows 11 on a fresh NVMe drive using the media creation utility, yet it remains inactive.
You should be able to use it normally since it's already activated in the settings, and you're not running it for evaluation or testing.
No, but it's important not to do that. You mentioned posting a link, which feels like supporting piracy, and I don't believe that's permitted in the forums for that reason.
Before it was marked unactivated, during troubleshooting and hardware changes it mentioned it couldn't activate automatically. I then searched online and found a relevant page, so I accessed it and selected my previous Windows version to install the code.
These are standard setup identifiers – they’re openly accessible. They won’t enable the product unless you already possess a valid license.