Get the Win10 key?

[Edward78]

I want the #, akk it says a digital license.

[Kilrah]

Assuming you're looking to find the product key of an existing Windows install since your post is almost unintelligible... this might help?

https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html

[WkdPaul]

There are a few things to extract your licence key. Not sure how it works with Windows 10/11, but normally, you can reinstall Windows as long as your motherboard didn't change.

 

This command in the command prompt ;

wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey

 

Also, not sure it will work, but there's a VBS script to extract your Windows key from the registry (EDIT : copy/paste in a text file, and rename it to .VBS) ;

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
MsgBox ConvertToKey(WshShell.RegRead("HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId"))

Function ConvertToKey(Key)
Const KeyOffset = 52
i = 28
Chars = "BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789"
Do
Cur = 0
x = 14
Do
Cur = Cur * 256
Cur = Key(x + KeyOffset) + Cur
Key(x + KeyOffset) = (Cur \ 24) And 255
Cur = Cur Mod 24
x = x -1
Loop While x >= 0
i = i -1
KeyOutput = Mid(Chars, Cur + 1, 1) & KeyOutput
If (((29 - i) Mod 6) = 0) And (i <> -1) Then
i = i -1
KeyOutput = "-" & KeyOutput
End If
Loop While i >= 0
ConvertToKey = KeyOutput
End Function

 

[Edward78]

3 hours ago, Kilrah said:

Assuming you're looking to find the product key of an existing Windows install since your post is almost unintelligible... this might help?

https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html

How, I rhink it makes sense.

[GoodBytes]

A few things:

1. wmic will not exists under Windows 11 for its next version. It was deprecated for many years and now killed off. Please note that WMI is still there and supported, not WMIC. So the command posted above will not work.
2. If you use a Microsoft linked account, and you re-installed the system without entering the product key, then you'll only have Windows generic trial key, and not the actual one.
3. Wrong tool suggested. You need the Scanner one: https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_key_scanner.html
4. If the system is an OEM built system from a big company (Dell, Acer, HP, etc.), then the product key is stored in the UEFI chip. Windows, at first run, after being connected online, will grab it, and validate it. All you have to do is pick "I don't have one" at the install screen when asked for the product key, and pick the right edition of Windows. BIOS based systems (Windows 7 and earlier) should have a product key sticker on the system. The product key will NOT match the one installed on the system. The one used on the system is a special one by OEMs, and unless something changed, will not work to activate newer version of Windows. Unless something changed, the one from the sticker will also not work, but only for the first time used through the automatic activation process. A phone or chat activation is required to use it. Then after that, it will work.