Windows 10: how to find your Windows 10 Key

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/produc...oduct-keys.htm
Anyone know a software like the ones mentioned in this article to find my windows 10 key? I would like to reinstall it on another computer. Thank you!

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How to find your Windows 10 product key?

Windows 10 free upgrade does not include a free product key.

When you upgraded from a previous version of Windows, what happened is the hardware (your PC) will get a digital entitlement, where a unique signature of the computer will be stored on Microsoft Activation Servers. The Windows 7 or Windows 8 genuine license
you were previously running will be exchanged for a diagnostics key.

Anytime you need to reinstall Windows 10 on that machine, just proceed to reinstall Windows 10. It will automatically reactivate.

So, there is no need to know or get a product key, if you need to reinstall Windows 10, you can use your Windows 7 or Windows 8 product key or use the reset function in Windows 10.

If you have your Windows 7 or Windows 8 product key, you can use that to activate.

Click Start > Settings > Update & security
> Activation > Change the product key then enter the new product key then click
Next to Activate





Windows 8.0, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 came preinstalled on my computer, how do I find the product key?

Press Windows key + X

Click Command Prompt (admin)

Enter the following command:

wmic path SoftwareLicensingService get OA3xOriginalProductKey

Hit Enter

The product key will be revealed, copy the product key then enter it

Click Start > Settings > Update & security
> Activation > Change the product key then enter the new product key then click
Next to Activate

If you are unable to activate Windows 10 after all the above and you are certain you have the correct edition installed, then please attempt phone activation:

Activate Your Windows 10 License via Microsoft Chat Support

 

How to find your Windows 10 product key?

How to find your Windows 10 product key

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Hi, if you did a Win10 upgrade from your old OS using the promotional offer then you do not have a key. You only receive a key if you have purchased a new Win10 Standalone (aka Retail) license

 

The free upgrade is just that: an upgrade.

If you can transfer the OS that you upgraded on the first machine to the other computer, and then upgrade the second machine, that'd be OK.

If not, you'll need to buy a license.

 

That depends on whether the original license was Retail or OEM.

• If the original license was Retail then the user will have full transfer rights to a new device.
• If the original was of an OEM flavor, then the user will be required to purchase a new Win10 license as transfer is not possible

 

You say there is no key if you upgraded.... If so, what is the Magical Jellybean key finder showing me?
It says cd key, and gives me five (5) sets of numbers and letters ...It also gives me a product number and some other stuff.

 

There are a few Win10 generic keys that may be displayed.

Yours is probably showing this:
VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T
or maybe
TX9XD-98N7V-6WMQ6-BX7FG-H8Q99

The license is stored as hardware hash on MS servers. No product key.

 

The free upgrade gives you a generic key as mentioned. It's of little use. When you do the free upgrade and then activate Windows 10 a hardware ID for that PC is stored on the activation server, along with which version of Windows 10 that PC got with the free upgrade. When you do a clean install on that PC you can just skip entering a key and it will activate against the hardware ID on the activation server. If you do a clean install on hardware with no activation record / stored hardware ID, it will fail activation if you use that generic key. You would then have to enter a valid (non generic) key to activate.

 

As far as finding the key, try this, https://www.tenforums.com/software-ap...7-showkey.html

 

Interesting discussion. What if I went back to windows 8.1 would I get my non generic key back?

 

ShowKey plus gave me my installed key, which is neither of the keys your provided above. Does that mean I have my real key?

 

What version (Home, Pro, Enterprise, etc) of Windows 10 are you running, and what build is it? How did you originally install it? Upgrade or clean install?

 

It means that unless you purchased a brand new Win10 license you have one of the other generic keys. I have generic keys (for my upgraded devices) and a unique key for new Win10 Standalone (aka retail) license.

 

It is not a discussion. It is a statement of fact.

If you rolled back to Win8.1 then you would be using your original license and key once more. The stored Win10 hardware hash for your device will remain on MS servers.