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To be fair, you should know which version you want to install. It's convenient you only need a single install package for either version. That's not slop, that's efficient. I guarantee you a Windows install would have installed a driver for the card and then you could have updated on next update cycle.
True, but haven't used Windows for quite a while. Got several computers and licenses, and I know I got at least 2 pro licenses, but Microslop insisted I only have home. (got 2-3 home licenses too). I can't figure out which key is which, which ones are stored in my account (where can I check this?). Stored the original Win10 keys, but think they changed when upgraded to 11 - dunno how to solve that. Would be nice with a page that lists all licenses for my user, also somewhere I can check my 10 keys and get info on which are upgraded to 11 and what the new keys are. π
Thanks for lots of suggestions here, some helpfull and some not so helpfull. Allthough impressed on the number of helpfull posts actually. Got home installed now, pro doesn't really matter for my son playing Fortnite. All good π₯³ .. well, except that I now have a Windows machine on my network π
That feature is already there, although many people choose not to use it. If you login using your Microsoft account, you can list all the linked licenses. It doesn't list product keys for security reasons, but your devices are listed there.
https://account.microsoft.com/devices
There a number of ways to expose the product key, powershell scrips are everywhere.
I am taking the other journey, from being Windows to setting up my first Linux box. I just plugged in an external drive thinking it would just work. Wrong.
thnks π