Hello dear friends! In this article I will show you how to find out the activation key for your windows XP, windows 7, 8, 10. I have been asked many times how can I find out the activation key for my windows systems? It turned out that the activation key was lost or the sticker on back side laptop or system unit is simply worn out and I simply cannot look at the key. I need to reinstall the system and need my own activation key in order to activate windows later, please give me some advice.
And so let's get started, in the first method we will use the script from the site microsoft. Create a regular text document on the desktop.
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
regKey = "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\"
DigitalProductId = WshShell.RegRead(regKey & "DigitalProductId")
Win8ProductName = "Windows Product Name: " & WshShell.RegRead(regKey & "ProductName") & vbNewLine
Win8ProductID = "Windows Product ID: " & WshShell.RegRead(regKey & "ProductID") & vbNewLine
Win8ProductKey = ConvertToKey(DigitalProductId)
strProductKey ="Windows Key: " & Win8ProductKey
Win8ProductID = Win8ProductName & Win8ProductID & strProductKey
MsgBox(Win8ProductKey)
MsgBox(Win8ProductID)
Function ConvertToKey(regKey)
Const KeyOffset = 52
isWin8 = (regKey(66)\6) And 1
regKey(66) = (regKey(66) And&HF7) Or((isWin8 And 2) * 4)
Chars = "BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789"
Cur = regKey(y + KeyOffset) + Cur
regKey(y + KeyOffset) = (Cur\24)
Cur = Cur Mod 24
Loop While y >= 0
winKeyOutput = Mid(Chars, Cur + 1, 1) & winKeyOutput
Loop While j >= 0
If(isWin8 = 1) Then
keypart1 = Mid(winKeyOutput, 2, Last)
winKeyOutput = Replace(winKeyOutput, keypart1, keypart1 & insert, 2, 1, 0)
If Last = 0 Then winKeyOutput = insert & winKeyOutput
End If
a = Mid(winKeyOutput, 1, 5)
b = Mid(winKeyOutput, 6, 5)
c = Mid(winKeyOutput, 11, 5)
d = Mid(winKeyOutput, 16, 5)
e = Mid(winKeyOutput, 21, 5)
ConvertToKey = a & "-" & b & "-" & c & "-" & d & "-" & e
End Function
After you have inserted the script into a text document, you need to save the document with the extension .VBS. To do this, click on the “File” item and in the drop-down list, select “Save as”.
In the window that opens, in the File type field, select “All files (*.*)” and write any name for the file, for example I wrote windowssss.vbs. Click the “Save” button.
Open this file and you will see the long-awaited activation key for your Windows system. You can click on the cross or the “OK” button, an additional window will open with information about windows, product code and, accordingly, the activation key.
This is how easy it is to find out your activation key on your computer. Let's look at another method, a simpler one using the KeyFinderInstaller utility.
How to find out your Windows activation key using the KeyFinderInstaller utility
Download the utility KeyFinderInstaller(you can download it from any site on the Internet) and install it. After the utility is installed, click on the shortcut on the desktop and see the information we need in the window that opens.
If you still have other Microsoft products installed on your computer, for example Microsoft office, then you can also find out the activation key for these products, just select the product in the window and look at the information. That's all, now you know how to find out the activation key for your windows. I hope the article is useful to you, good luck to everyone!
Hello admin, tell me how to find out windows key, if it is not on the back of the laptop and this is the case on all new laptops.
When buying a laptop, the store told me that I didn’t need a Windows key, since I didn’t need to enter it anywhere. I have some kind of Windows 8 Single Language 64-bit Russian Region- (OEM) installed, and I’m also not supposed to have a disk from it. If Windows crashes, you can run the factory reset program and that’s it.
I also learned that if I want to install another Windows on my laptop, it’s unlikely to work and reinstalling the existing one myself won’t work either. And further important point- if I accidentally delete the hidden partition with factory settings during my experiments with reinstallations, then the laptop will be restored to me not under warranty, but for a couple of thousand rubles.
So I’m sitting and thinking, I paid 30 thousand rubles for the laptop, but it’s like it’s not mine. Find out the Windows key I can’t, I can’t install another operating system, they don’t give me a disk with Windows and drivers anymore, in short, use it for your health. It's all strange though! Gosh.
How to find out the Windows key
Hello friends! With a new laptop, you can do whatever you want and of course you can find out the key of Windows installed on it, but you need to do all this with skill. The sellers can also be understood, since many buyers, on the very first day of using a laptop, destroy everything with a hairdryer, and then, having played enough with ancient operating systems, they try to restore what they had, many do not succeed and they come to where the laptop was purchased and demand everything restored under warranty.
Therefore, before your experiments, insure yourself with modern data backup tools. You can back up all partitions of your hard drive onto DVDs or portable HDD USB. You can learn how to create a backup of the entire laptop hard drive or just the operating system from our articles.
Note: Installed on your Windows laptop 8 Single Language 64-bit Russian Region (OEM), this is a normal basic Windows 8, but only with support for one Russian language. No, you can type in English, but the system control interface will always be Russian. Windows 8 Single Language (OEM) can be transferred to another computer and even upgraded to Windows Pro 8. If you want to reinstall the operating system on your laptop, then you can do it approximately like this - or like this -.
I will give two of the most simple ways, with which you can find out the Windows key. We will use the services of the ProduKey program and then AIDA64.
ProduKey software works quickly and without installation. You can download it on the official website
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html#DownloadLinks
Click "Download links are on the bottom of this page"
If you have a 64-bit operating system, select "Download ProduKey for x64"
Below on the same page you can download the Russifier.
The program is downloaded in an archive, unzip the archive and run the ProduKey.exe file. Except Windows key you will find out all the keys for programs owned by Microsoft.
Find out the Windows key using the AIDA64 program
Let's go to the website of the developer of the AIDA64 program http://www.aida64.com/, click on the Download button.
Download, install and run the program. On the left side of the main program window, select Operating System, then do the same again.
We see the key of our Windows
Friends, read the continuation.
Under an agreement with Microsoft, users who upgrade to Windows 10 receive a licensed system. At the same time, its activation takes place in the background, that is, the OS does not inform the user in any way that the process has been successfully completed. Therefore, not everyone knows how to understand whether a copy of the system is activated. The situation is similar with the license key and activation periods - you have to look for this data yourself.
How to check Windows 10 activation
There are several methods to check whether your copy of Windows 10 is activated:
- Through the system properties window: you need to press the Win+X keys and select the “System” tab in the menu that appears. At the very bottom of the window there will be information about whether Windows activation has been completed or not. It will also be displayed here license key.
The easiest way to find out if Windows 10 is activated is through the system properties window
- In system settings: you need to click the “Start” button and select “Settings”, then find the “Update and Security” section, then open the “Activation” tab in the menu on the left. All the information will be there: system release, activation data and product code.
All Windows activation data is also displayed in the system menu "Options"
- Using a script via the command line: for this, a special script SLMgr.vbs is used, which is responsible for managing licenses, license keys and operating system activations. To execute it, you need to launch a command line with administrator rights using the Win+X key combination. In the drop-down menu, select “Command Line” and type the command “slmgr /xpr”. If the system is activated and the activation period is infinite, the message “The machine is permanently activated” will appear. In the case of activation that is valid until a certain period, the system will display a window with the end date of this period.
Using the SLMgr.vbs script, you can check whether Windows 10 is activated and find out the activation time frame
The cscript slmgr.vbs -xpr command allows you to display the activation message in the command line console.
How to find out the activation period of Windows 10
If a license key was entered during system installation or the current OS was updated to Windows 10, the activation period is infinite. If the trial version was installed for a limited number of days, then to check the period you need to press the Win + R combination and enter the command “winver.exe” in the window that opens. A window will open indicating the activation expiration date. If it is not indicated, then the system is installed for an indefinite period.
The system has a specific activation period only if a trial version is installed
In addition, the activation period can be found using the SLMgr.vbs script, which is described in detail in paragraph 3 above.
How to find out the license key of installed Windows 10
The product license key is a 25-character code - it is used not only to activate the system, but also to reinstall it, so it is better to know it and not lose it. Since Windows 10 activation occurs in the background, the user is not informed of the code in any way, and must look at it independently. There are several ways to do this:
- using special programs;
- through the system properties window (see point 1 above);
- through system parameters (see point 2 above);
- using scripts.
The easiest way to view the code is through the system parameters or the properties window, but these methods are not always available - for some reason the computer may not display numbers or display the message “No data.” Therefore we have to resort to special programs to view the license key or scripts.
Utilities for viewing the activation code can be downloaded from official websites and installed on your PC. There are several of them, here are the simplest ones:
- Speccy is a Russian-language application with a user-friendly interface that shows all information about the OS, including its serial number: it is located in the “Operating System” section;
In the Speccy utility, the license number is located in the “Operating System” section
- ProduKey is a utility that does not require installation, you just need to download it and run it, the activation key will immediately be displayed in the information window;
The ProduKey utility only shows the license key, but it starts quickly
- ShowKeyPlus also does not require installation, the application is simply downloaded from the official website and launched. The serial number is shown on the screen.
The ShowKeyPlus utility also does not need to be installed - it displays the system key immediately after startup
In addition, you can find out the license key by running a special script. This method will be more complicated than those described above, but sometimes for some reason installing third-party applications on your computer is not available. The task is then completed using the native Windows PowerShell.
First you need to open the Notepad program and create a file in it with the extension .ps1: to do this, enter the value “All files” in the “File type” field, and enter the extension manually. The following script should be copied to the file:
$regHKLM = 2147483650
$regPath = "Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion"
$DigitalProductId = "DigitalProductId"
$wmi = "\\$env:COMPUTERNAME\root\default:stdRegProv"
$Object = $wmi.GetBinaryValue($regHKLM, $regPath,$DigitalProductId)
$DigitalProductId = $Object.uValue
If($DigitalProductId)
$ResKey = ConvertToWinkey $DigitalProductId
$OS = (Get-WmiObject "Win32_OperatingSystem" | select Caption).Caption
If($OS -match "Windows 10")
$value ="Windows Key: $ResKey"
$w1=”The script is for Windows 10 only”
$w1| Write-Warning
$w2=”The script is for Windows 10 only”
$w2| Write-Warning
$w3="An unexpected error occurred while retrieving the key"
$w3| Write-Warning
Function ConvertToWinKey($WinKey)
$isWindows10 = ($WinKey/6) -band 1
$WinKey = ($WinKey -band $HF7) -bOr (($isWindows10 -band 2) * 4)
$Symbols = "BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789"
$CurIndex = $CurIndex * 256
$CurIndex = $WinKey[$X + $OffsetKey] + $CurIndex
$WinKey[$X + $OffsetKey] = ::Floor(($CurIndex/24))
$CurIndex = $CurIndex % 24
$KeyResult = $Symbols.SubString($CurIndex,1) + $KeyResult
$last = $CurIndex
while($с -ge 0)
$WinKeypart1 = $KeyResult.SubString(1,$last)
$WinKeypart2 = $KeyResult.Substring(1,$KeyResult.length-1)
$KeyResult = "N" + $WinKeypart2
$KeyResult = $WinKeypart2.Insert($WinKeypart2.IndexOf($WinKeypart1)+$WinKeypart1.length,"N")
$WindowsKey = $KeyResult.Substring(0.5) + “-” + $KeyResult.substring(5.5) + “-“+ $KeyResult.substring(10.5) + “-“+ $KeyResult.substring( 15.5) + “-“+ $KeyResult.substring(20.5)
Next, you should launch the Windows PowerShell itself: press the Win+R key combination, and in the window that appears, enter “powershell” - this is the most quick way. In the window that opens, you need to type the command cmd and the name of the directory where the file created in Notepad is stored, press the Enter key, then enter the name of the script in the form: “./filename.ps1” and press Enter again.
Photo gallery: how to find out the license key of installed Windows 10 using a script
Create a text file in Notepad and copy the script there Save the text file in .ps1 format (select “All files” in the “File Type” menu) Launch PowerShell through the command in the Quick Launch bar Enter the cmd command, the path to the directory with the text file and script name
Sometimes a message may appear that script execution is disabled on the system. Then enter the command “Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned” into the PowerShell console, and then confirm the actions with the Y and Enter keys.
Video: how to find out the activation key for Windows 10
How to find out computer ID on Windows 10
To remotely activate programs and remotely control your PC from other devices, you need to know its ID. You can find it out yourself. To do this in Windows 10, you need to go to the “Control Panel”, successively open the sections “Network and Internet”, “Network and Sharing Center”, “Change adapter settings”. Next, in the window that opens, on the adapter you are using, you need to right-click, select “Status” and in the window that appears at the bottom, click the “Details” button. Your ID will be indicated in the “Physical Address” column.
You can clarify the computer ID through properties network adapter in the “Physical Address” column
There is an easier way, the previous one still requires a lot of body movements. Using the Win+R combination, you need to call up the quick access bar, type cmd, press Enter and type “ipconfig /all”. A window with data will be displayed, where the required computer ID is indicated in the “Physical Address” section.
To find out the computer ID, just type “ipconfig /all” at the command line
Despite the fact that Windows 10 activation occurs without direct user participation and without issuing an information window about completion, you can always see whether the system is activated and also find out the license key. It is better to do this using Microsoft tools, although they also resort to installing and launching third-party applications. The main thing is to run and install only verified files from official sources on your computer.
Many of us have probably found ourselves in a situation where it was necessary find out the Windows 7 activation key. Usually it is located in the form of a sticker on the bottom of the laptop, but it is often erased. Or at DVD discs, of which there are fewer and fewer. One way or another, no matter what situation you find yourself in, you need to be able to find out the license key Windows product 7
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Using software
Aida 64 is a utility for complete computer diagnostics. It can tell the user almost everything about the PC, including the question that interests us. Located in the “Operating System” tab, in the “Licensed” section.
The KeyFinder application will also come to the rescue. It will help you find the keys for almost all software installed on your computer, not to mention the software itself. operating system. Just launch KeyFinder and use your mouse to mark the software name.
The list of software could take a long time. But I think the products described in this article will be very relevant not only for beginners, but also for advanced users.
Entering the activation key
There are users for whom reinstalling the OS is a real problem, since they have no idea how to use the Windows 7 key. As it turns out, there is nothing unusual here. During a clean installation, it must be applied during the configuration step. First, an account is created, after which a screen appears asking you to enter your product number. It includes 25 characters. Next you need to activate.
The OS that has already been installed must be activated within a month. Through the properties of “My Computer”. The information view window has a “Windows Activation” column.
Losing your product key (CD Key / activation code / serial number) is always an unpleasant problem. In such cases, you usually have to contact the developers or even spend money on purchasing new version programs. Well, the most common option is that the “key” on the Windows license sticker has been erased (which the author has encountered). What should you do if you don’t want to pay, but you need an activation code right now? The application is not fully functional and needs to be reinstalled? Fortunately, there is a whole class of free utilities for restoring serial numbers, the most famous of which are Windows Product Key Finder Pro And Keyfinder, about which below.
So, suppose you “lost” the key to a honestly purchased Windows or Microsoft Office office suite. In order to recognize it and save it at least in txt-file, one required important condition: you need to “fish out” before uninstalling (removing) non-working software or formatting hard drive, because all keys are stored in encrypted form in the system registry and will be irretrievably lost. Therefore, after reading the article, without delay, check the software stickers and, if they are damaged, restore and save the necessary information, for example, on a flash drive.
Windows Product Key Finder Professional
This utility is simple and understandable even without special knowledge in English. After installation, in open window program you will see decrypted activation codes for Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8 and, if available, MS Office XP / 2003 / 2007 / 2010 / 2013. It is not necessary to look for paper and pen, using the " buttons Save" And " Print"keys are instantly copied to a text file or printed.
Free download from the official website Windows Product Key Finder .
Warning!
Despite all the "advantages", the program noticeably litters the system registry, so the best option- below.
Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder
Perhaps the most advanced free key search engine in terms of capabilities is Keyfinder from developers from sunny Cyprus. Using the link below, I recommend downloading a registry-safe portable version of the program, which, when opened, will show all hidden “serials” in the right half of the window. It will also help restore registration data (username, product ID) and export information to a TXT / CSV file or to paper (see in the top panel " File"). By the way, the number of supported products, in addition to the Windows and Microsoft Office lines, is more than 300!
Download Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder(distribution + portable-version).
Note: In Windows and Office packages, the product key is a 25-character sequence of the form XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX. They can only activate the edition (version) of the software that is indicated on the license sticker, i.e. You cannot activate Windows 7 Professional using the Windows 7 Home key. Besides:
- Retail - activated by key Retail-a copy of the application on any, but only one computer. Retail-the key in the form of a sticker can be carefully stuck on system unit or laptop.
- OEM -key is used to activate one OEM-copies on the same PC on which it was first activated. OEM-sticker ( Certificate of Authenticity) is already glued to the body by the manufacturer.
Actually, that’s all, I’m sure you also successfully dealt with the copies and stickers.
Dmitriy dmitry_spb Evdokimov