How to check the copyright of Windows 11

Do you know how to check the copyright of Windows 11 on your computer? The guide below will help you quickly know if your computer has been copyrighted or not.

Checking the copyright of Windows 11 helps you to know if the computer has been copyrighted or not?

1. Copyright Windows 11

Windows 11 version is a slight upgrade update coming from Windows 10 and they focus mainly on changing the look and feel of the system. In addition, Windows 11 also focuses on upgrading basic features to provide the best user experience. For Windows 11, Microsoft does not collect any additional fees from users if they have used Windows 10 with a previous license.

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Thus, if you use a copyrighted Windows 10 when you update to Windows 11 through Windows Update directly on the system, the license will be activated by default. In case you install Windows 11 completely, you will need to reactivate the license.

2. How to check copyright on Windows 11

On Windows 11, currently we can only check the copyright with Settings and Command Prompt, specifically the ways to check Windows 11 copyright are as follows:

Check Windows 11 copyright with Settings

Step 1: Open the Start Menu and select the Settings icon to open the settings on your Windows computer.

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Step 2: Then, select the Windows Update & Security tab to open the update check on Windows 11.

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Step 3: To check the copyright of Windows 11, you just need to select Activation and track the results in the Activation section.
Here, we will have 02 cases as follows:

  1. Windows is activated…: Windows has been activated
  2. Windows is not activated…: Windows is not activated

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Check Windows 11 copyright with Command Prompt

Similar to how to check copyright in Settings, the Command Prompt command window also returns copyright results on Windows computers.

Step 1: Open the Start Menu, enter cmd and select Run as administrator to open it with Admin rights.

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Step 2: In the Command Prompt window, enter the following command and press Enter to check.

Slmgr/xpr

At this point, the system will return the results to you through the Windows Script Host window with the following content:

  1. The machine is permanently activated: Copyright activated
  2. Volume activation will expire…: The license has not been activated yet, will expire on….

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In this article, Tipsmake has shown you how to check copyright on Windows 11. Good luck!

Update 21 December 2021
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