Windows 10: how do I prevent my New HP Desktop Win 11 Pro for personal use only Standalone Operating...

My Stand alone Personal computer that I use for Banking and investing my VA Benefits Award through my Merrill Edge Self Directed Brokerage account has been changed from a Standalone Windows 11 Pro Operating System into a Computer that is a part of an Organization and managed and monitored by an Organization Network Administrator with the ability to prevent me from using my computer to access my online Brokerage Account to invest buy trade sell Publicly owned assets by depositing my monthly Veterans Award Treasury Check into my Merrill Edge CMA Self Directed Brokerage account that I use for in

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How To Upgrade Win 11 Home to Win 11 Pro w/ M365 E3 Subscription

I recently purchased a new laptop, and it came with Win 11 Home. I wouldn't normally buy a new machine with the Home edition, however, I knew my M365 E3 subscription includes Win 10/11 Pro, so I thought I'd be able to upgrade it. No so, at least not yet.

My impression was once I register the laptop using my E3 account, I would then have the option to upgrade to Pro, but that doesn't seem to be possible for me. Admittedly, I'm very likely missing something obvious, but I do need help.

Here's the Trouble (and some add'l notes): I've tried everything I can think of to make this happen and I've read countless Microsoft Docs and community questions, but I continue to hit dead end after dead end.

Notes

• Added work account (E3) account in Settings and ensure the laptop is registered in Azure AD.
  
• Intune doesn't see the device and when I attempt to sync it with my domain, I receive an error which states, "The sync could not be initiated (0x80190190 Bad Request (400)". I feel like I'm missing a URL in a policy or need to create a policy, but I genuinely don't know.
  
• I created a Win 11 Pro install w/ a flash drive. Went through the process to upgrade, but never saw what I expected to see (request to authenticate w/ 365 account).
  

Does anyone have step-by-step instructions to:

1. Ensure I've done all the prerequisite steps in my tenant (registered with domain, managed by Intune if that's necessary, anything else).
   
2. Upgrade it from Win 11 Home to Win 11 Pro using my E3 subscription.
   

All I want to do is upgrade it to Pro so I can join it to my Azure AD domain. I don't want to buy a Pro license since I'm already paying for it. That's all.

Please help.

 

Can I create a Win 11 Pro recovery DVD for a desktop from a Win 11 Home laptop?

My Dell Desktop was running Win 11 Pro when it took a power hit and refuses to reboot correctly. I have tried the usual pwr down 3 times and still will not complete the reboot. When I upgraded to Win 11 Pro, I did not make a recovery drive. I would prefer not to do a reinstall since I think that would require me to format my 1T drive. I would prefer to create a recovery DVD (since the desktop only boots to dvd) and use that so all my data is not lost. Can I create a Win 11 Pro recovery DVD from an HP laptop running Win 11 home? How will the recovery know that I want Pro and not Home version?

thanks

bill