# Windows 11 Pro License – Is Buying from Unofficial Sites Risky?

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/windows-11-pro-license-is-buying-from-unofficial-sites-risky/303748>\
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**Created:** [April 16, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/windows-11-pro-license-is-buying-from-unofficial-sites-risky/303748 "2025-04-16T08:18:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![seaprunepie](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/seaprunepie/32/152678_2.png) [@seaprunepie](https://onehack.st/u/seaprunepie)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/windows-11-pro-license-is-buying-from-unofficial-sites-risky/303748/1 "2025-04-16T08:18:18Z")

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Out of curiosity and budget limits, I tried getting a **Windows 11 Pro license key** for 13 Dollars from a third-party seller **Noxkeys**. It activated with no problem, and everything seems okay.

Has anyone else tried this? Just trying to understand if it’s a normal workaround or if I should expect issues in the future.

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**Author:** ![hoopy](https://onehack.st/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@hoopy](https://onehack.st/u/hoopy)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/windows-11-pro-license-is-buying-from-unofficial-sites-risky/303748/2 "2025-04-16T16:10:17Z")

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> [@seaprunepie](#):
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> Noxkeys

Maybe a volume licence, try running the following in CMD to give you some idea of the licence you have.

`slmgr /dli`

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**Author:** ![xnb666](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/xnb666/32/157199_2.png) [@xnb666](https://onehack.st/u/xnb666)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/windows-11-pro-license-is-buying-from-unofficial-sites-risky/303748/3 "2025-04-16T16:18:00Z")

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in many years using a unofficial, I haven’t experienced any issues.

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**Author:** ![Virus\_exe](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/virus_exe/32/38851_2.png) [@Virus\_exe](https://onehack.st/u/Virus_exe)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/windows-11-pro-license-is-buying-from-unofficial-sites-risky/303748/5 "2025-04-19T13:45:58Z")

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No worries! You can use it for a long time without any problems. The worst-case scenario is that someone else might try to claim the key, but there’s no risk of hacking or a virus attack. By the way, $13 seems a bit too expensive for that.