Windows 10: I installed tiny 10 but i cant activate it because i couldnt get the product key.Now im...

basically i tried getting back to Windows Home but i dont have a product key .

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Activate windows 10 after re-installing (I have lost my product key)

I own a Lenovo T430 laptop. In 2017, I installed Windows 10 using my original Windows 7 product key. Unfortunately, I cannot find that product key anymore. I need to re-install windows 10. Will it be automatically activated after the installation, if I skip the step of asking the product key during the installation?

In my opinion, I believe that my laptop will have a digital entitlement stored on the Microsoft Activation Servers and this will not be a problem. Is that true?

If not, please suggest me a solution or a workaround.

 

Windows 10 product keys and activation - and the KMS angle

Changing the product key to the generic Windows 10 product key will reset activation to the standard retail channel for activation. It might just activate (if there was a previous digital license for Windows 10 for that computer established with Microsoft). Once Windows 10 is back on the retail activation channel, then more than likely changing the product key to the Windows 8 product key using the same method may work.

 

Windows10 requiring product key

The Next button only becomes active when a key is entered. There is little tiny print "Skip this step" that can be clicked, though. Also, having the Windows 7 key is not enough - Windows 10 will not activate based on a key that it could find. It will activate based upon the original operating system activation. Important difference. The old operating system actually has to be installed and activated, Windows 10 will not read just a key stored in BIOS, for example. Once it activates from an upgrade, then future installs will activate based upon the information stored on Microsoft activation servers.