If you have purchased a license for this device already and still receive an error message, continue to If you need to purchase a license for your device, see 'Purchase a Windows 11 license.' You might need to purchase Windows 11 to activate. You will see an error message explaining the failure. Your Microsoft account is already linked to your digital license. Windows is activated with a digital license linked to your Microsoft account
Your Microsoft account is not linked to your digital license. Windows is activated with a digital license You'll see one of these activation status messages on the Activation page: Your activation status will be listed next to To check activation status in Windows 11, select the
