However, if you’re having issues or would just like to make a copy of it, I’ll show you how to view the product key in Windows 10. View the product key within Windows 10 To view your product. Is the windows 10 product key in BIOS? Ask Question 1. My new laptop's preinstalled Windows 10 was activated as soon as it was connected to the internet. But no product keys were shown to me. There is no product key label on the laptop. Yes Windows 10 key is stored in the BIOS, in the event you need a restore, as long as you use the same.
Back in the old days of optical discs, Windows XP, and the beige PC cases, it’s just easy to retrieve or re-use your Windows Product Key. You just have to either look at your Windows CD/DVD or at the Certificate of Authenticity Sticker located on your PC’s case or notebook. Fast forward today, Microsoft isn’t all that generous to add your Windows Product key anymore on any stickers, especially if we’re talking about OEMs or simply manufacturers who bundled any recently released Windows OS for you to freely use. Surely, back in the days, it’s easier said and easier done.
There are many reasons why you wanted to see your Windows Product Key. Maybe you lost it and just wants to freshly format your PC then get rid of the viruses or troubles for good. Maybe you are transferring to a newly built Gaming PC, but you love your OS anyway and has no spare penny to buy a new one, or simply you just want to see what’s rightfully yours. Either way, as many reason there is, there are many ways to reveal the Windows Product Key yourself and we’re going to check easy methods to reveal them. Most of these methods have been tested with Windows 7 and they do work.
Note: One must know that your Product Key might be located on your notebook or PC’s UEFI / BIOS firmware. Thus, it might be displayed differently to your Product ID. Your Product ID isn’t exactly your Product Key by the way, and finding the Product Key is the best as it is what you will need in an event of re-installation.
Command Prompt Method: Windows 7, 8.1 and Windows 10
Probably the easiest, the Command Prompt method should be the first thing to do to check your key. To do so, open up the CMD via any means, or just press “Windows Key + R” and type “CMD”. Once inside, just input the code below:
To paste the code to CMD, just copy the text above and click the right mouse button on the CMD’s UI, then click paste. Just press the Enter / Return Key afterwards to see the result.
Windows Key Retrieval Via PowerShell: Windows 8, 8.1 and Windows 10
As the name suggests, The Windows PowerShell is actually a very, very powerful tool at anyone’s disposal – which is a task automation management framework that could be used to “do” administrative tasks generally performed via cmdlets. In layman’s term, it’s the IT Administrator’s weapon of choice to automate tasks in a command line fashion, similar to CMD but is way more powerful. We have included Two sub methods for “this” method of showing the product key, as Windows 7’s method differs from the latest versions of Windows and is a bit more tricky albeit it should be easy enough if you have the aptitude.
For Windows 8, 8.1 & 10, Tis’ a fairly easy matter to do. Just open up Window’s PowerShell as an administrator, via the search bar on your Windows OS > right-click its icon, and press “Run As Administrator” or equivalent.
On the PowerShell’s UI, copy the command below, or paste it via copying the command, and then right clicking anywhere on the PowerShell UI.
After that, press the Enter/Return key to check out your Product Key. It shouldn’t be hard.
Windows Key Retrieval Via PowerShell: Windows 7 Only
For Windows 7, things are going to be a bit trickier albeit still easy enough for anyone to do if you prefer the PowerShell way. First, you need to copy the query below:
function Get-WindowsKey {
## function to retrieve the Windows Product Key from any PC
## by Jakob Bindslet ([email protected])
param ($targets = '.')
$hklm = 2147483650
$regPath = 'SoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersion'
$regValue = 'DigitalProductId'
Foreach ($target in $targets) {
$productKey = $null
$win32os = $null
$wmi = [WMIClass]'$targetrootdefault:stdRegProv'
$data = $wmi.GetBinaryValue($hklm,$regPath,$regValue)
$binArray = ($data.uValue)[52..66]
$charsArray = 'B','C','D','F','G','H','J','K','M','P','Q','R','T','V','W','X','Y','2','3','4','6','7','8','9'
## decrypt base24 encoded binary data
For ($i = 24; $i -ge 0; $i--) {
$k = 0
For ($j = 14; $j -ge 0; $j--) {
$k = $k * 256 -bxor $binArray[$j]
$binArray[$j] = [math]::truncate($k / 24)
$k = $k % 24
}
$productKey = $charsArray[$k] + $productKey
If (($i % 5 -eq 0) -and ($i -ne 0)) {
$productKey = '-' + $productKey
}
}
$win32os = Get-WmiObject Win32_OperatingSystem -computer $target
$obj = New-Object Object
$obj | Add-Member Noteproperty Computer -value $target
$obj | Add-Member Noteproperty Caption -value $win32os.Caption
$obj | Add-Member Noteproperty CSDVersion -value $win32os.CSDVersion
$obj | Add-Member Noteproperty OSArch -value $win32os.OSArchitecture
$obj | Add-Member Noteproperty BuildNumber -value $win32os.BuildNumber
$obj | Add-Member Noteproperty RegisteredTo -value $win32os.RegisteredUser
$obj | Add-Member Noteproperty ProductID -value $win32os.SerialNumber
$obj | Add-Member Noteproperty ProductKey -value $productkey
$obj
}
}
After copying, open notepad > paste the query > and then save it as a .ps1 extension file. Let’s say save it as “Windows7Key.ps1” at the desktop. After that, run the PowerShell console as an administrator, then input the following command:
After pressing Enter / Return, and confirming by pressing “Y” (Yes) to commence, issue the command below. Note that you should change “USERNAME” to your username and the “Windows7Key.ps1” to the name of .ps1 file of your liking.
And now we have our Windows Product Key displayed. Very nice.
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So there you have it. Easy right? Just remember that Microsoft started on their licensing terms that the OEM key and Retail key differs. Both might be the same, but the terms of usage differs even though you’ve found your key. For example, the OEM based key provided is intended to be used on the PC or notebook you received your copy of Windows with so legally, you can’t use it on other PCs. For the retail version, it’s all up to you.
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Description
ProduKey is a small utility that displays the ProductID and the CD-Key of Microsoft Office (Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2007),Windows (Including Windows 8/7/Vista), Exchange Server, and SQL Server installed on your computer.You can view this information for your current running operating system, or for anotheroperating system/computer - by using command-line options. This utility can be useful if you lost the product key of your Windows/Office, and you wantto reinstall it on your computer.Versions History
- Version 1.93
- Added 'Office Product Name Extraction Mode' option, which controls the way that the product name of MS-Office is extarcted from the Registry:
'Prefer the product name from Uninstall Registry key' - ProduKey tries to extract the product name from the Uninstall Registry entry, like it did until version 1.85
'Prefer the product name from Office Registry key' - ProduKey first tries to extract the product name from 'ProductNameNonQualified' and 'ConvertToEdition' Registry values, like it did starting from version 1.86
- Added 'Office Product Name Extraction Mode' option, which controls the way that the product name of MS-Office is extarcted from the Registry:
- Version 1.92
- Added 'Build Number' column (For Windows entries only).
- Version 1.91
- When loading product keys from remote computer or external drive, the name of the computer or external path is now displayed in the window title.
- Version 1.90
- When the 'Temporarily start the remote registry service on the remote computer' option is turned on, ProduKeynow starts the Remote Registry service even if it's disabled.
- Version 1.88
- Added 'Save All Items' option.
- Version 1.87
- Fixed to display Office version if the product name is not stored in the Registry.
- Version 1.86
- Fixed bug: ProduKey displayed wrong product name of Microsoft Office taken from another Registry key.
- Version 1.85
- Added 'Auto Size Columns+Headers' option.
- Added 'Auto Size Columns On Load' option.
- Version 1.83
- Added support for SQL Server 2012/2014.
- Version 1.82
- Added 'Run As Administrator' option (Ctrl+F11), which is needed to get a product key from external drive on Windows Vista and later.
- Version 1.81
- You can now export the product keys list to JSON file.
- Version 1.80
- Added option to temporarily start the remote registry service on the remote computer (For reading the product keys from the Registry on the remote computer).
- Version 1.75
- Added support for some Adobe and Autodesk products.
- Version 1.70
- Added support for BIOS OEM Key (Windows 8).
- Version 1.67
- The DefaultProductKey Registry key support added on v1.61 is now turned off by default (You can turn it on with 'Load Default Product Key' option).
- Version 1.66
- Added /NoErrorMessage command-line option. If you specify it with a save command-line option, an error messagewon't be displayed if the save action is failed. Instead, the error code will be returned to the caller.
- Version 1.65
- Added support for Visual Studio.
- Version 1.62
- Fixed bug from v1.61: ProduKey crashed in some systems.
- Version 1.61
- ProduKey now tries to extract the key from DefaultProductKey Registry key if the product key cannot be found in the standard location of Windows 7 product key.
- Version 1.60
- Added support for SQL Server 2008.
- Version 1.56
- Fixed a bug with the 'N' character location on the product key of Windows 8.
- Version 1.55
- Fixed ProduKey to decode properly the product key of Windows 8.
- Version 1.54
- Fixed issue: The properties and 'Select Source' windows opened in the wrong monitor, on multi-monitors system.
- Version 1.53
- Fixed bug: ProduKey displayed wrong product name string for Exchange Server 2003.
- Version 1.52
- Decreased the height of the 'Select Source' window to fit the netbook screen size of 1024x600.
- Version 1.51
- Added 'Show Time In GMT' option.
- Added 'Mark Odd/Even Rows' option, under the View menu. When it's turned on, the odd and even rows are displayed in different color, to make it easier to read a single line.
- Version 1.50
- Added 'Show the computer name for every IP address' option.This option is useful when you scan a range of IP addresses, and you want to view the computer nameof every IP address. Be aware that the computer names will appear a few seconds after finishing to scan the product keys.
- Version 1.46
- Added accelerator keys for 'Copy Product ID' (Ctrl+I) and for 'Copy Product Key' (Ctrl+K).
- Version 1.45
- Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option. When this option is turned on, the column names are addedas the first line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file.
- Version 1.43
- When the product key is not stored in the Registry (like in volume licenses of Windows 7), ProduKey will display 'Product key was not found' instead of wrong 'BBBBB-BBBBB-BBBBB-BBBBB-BBBBB' key
- Version 1.42
- Added 'Copy Product ID' and 'Copy Product Key' options.
- Version 1.41
- Added /ExtractEdition command-line option.
- Version 1.40
- Fixed ProduKey to display the right product key of Microsoft Office 2010 Beta (Office 14)
- Version 1.38
- Added sorting options from command-line.
- Version 1.37
- Fixed issue with x64 systems - The 32-bit version of ProduKey can now also retrievethe product key when you run it on x64 system.
- Version 1.36
- Added command-line options to control which types of product keys will be shown. (/WindowsKeys, /OfficeKeys, and others)
- Version 1.35
- New option: Load the product keys of external Windows installations from all disks currently plugged to your computer.When using this option, ProduKey automatically scan all your hard-drives, find the Windows installation folder in them, and extract all product keys stored in these Windows installations.
- New Command-Line Option: /external
- Version 1.33
- Fixed bug: In 'Select Source' dialog-box, a disk drive error message displayed in some computers.
- Added AutoComplete to Windows directoried combo-box.
- Version 1.32
- You can now send the information to stdout by specifying an empty filename (') in the command-line. (For example: produkey.exe /stab ' >> c:tempprd.txt)
- Version 1.31
- Added the last modified time of the ProductID Registry key.
- Version 1.30
- New option: display the edition (Standard/Professional/Enterprise) of Windows 2000/XP/2003. (doesn't work for remote computers)
- Added AutoComplete for file selection.
- Fixed bug: The main window lost the focus when the user switched to another application and then returned back to ProduKey.
- Version 1.26
- Added support for saving comma-delimited (.csv) files.
- Added new command-line option: /scomma
- Version 1.25
- Added new source option: Load the product keys from all computers in the specified IP addresses range.
- New command-line option: /iprange
- New option: Check every remote machine with ping before trying to connect. (Only for Windows 2000 or above)
- Version 1.20
- Added 'Select Source' (F9) option - user interface for loading the product keys from remote computers or from external drive.
- Version 1.15
- Added 'Service Pack' column (Only for Windows entries)
- Added 'Installation Folder' column (Only for Windows and Office entries)
- Version 1.10 - Added filters by product type.
- Version 1.08 - The configuration of ProduKey is now saved to a file instead of the Registry.
- Version 1.07
- Added support for product key of Ms-Office under x64, when it's retrieved from external Registry file.
- Added x64 build - for locally retrieving product keys of x64 versions of Windows.
- Version 1.06 - Added support for SQL Server 2005.
- Version 1.05
- Display information in the status bar while scanning computers with /remoteall and /remotefile options
- New option /remotealldomain - scan all computers in the specified domain.
- Changes in the way that /remoteall scan all computers.
- Version 1.04 - Added product key of Exchange Server.
- Version 1.03 - new command-line option: /remoteall
- Version 1.02 - On newer versions of Office (XP/2003) - display the real product name, if it's written in the Registry.
- Version 1.01 - Added support for XP visual style.
- Version 1.00 - First release.
Known Problems
- When running produkey.exe, Some Antivirus programs displays an alert and/or block you from running it.Click here to read more about false alerts in Antivirus programs
If your Antivirus software shows a false alert, you can use the following article that explains how to send a report about a false positive issue to your Antivirus company:
How to Report Malware or False Positives to Multiple Antivirus Vendors - For some types of license keys under Windows 7/8/2008, the product key is not stored in the Registry, and thus 'Product key was not found' message will be displayed.
- If you bought your computer with installed operating system, you may find the Windows product key appeared in ProduKey utility is different from the product key on your Windows CD. This problem is mostly reported with Dell computers.
- From unknown reason, the product key of Visual Stuido .NET is written in the Registry as Office XP product...
- In old versions of Office (Office 2000 and below), the 'Product Key' value is not available.
Supported Products List
- Microsoft Windows 98/ME
- Microsoft Windows 2000
- Microsoft Windows NT
- Microsoft Windows XP
- Microsoft Windows Vista
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- Microsoft Windows 7 (Doesn't work with Microsoft Volume Licensing)
- Microsoft Windows 8 (Doesn't work with Microsoft Volume Licensing)
- Microsoft Windows 10 (Doesn't work with all types of licenses)
- Microsoft Office 2000 (Only ProductID is displayed)
- Microsoft Office 2003
- Microsoft Office 2007
- Microsoft Office 2010
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2000
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
- Visual Studio
- Some of the Adobe and Autodesk products.
System Requirements
ProduKey works on all versions of Windows. Both 32-bit and 64-bit systems are supported. However, some features, like viewing theproduct keys of another operating system instance, are only supported on Windows 2000/XP/2003/2008/Vista/7/8.License
This utility is released as freeware. You are allowed to freely distribute this utility via floppy disk, CD-ROM, Internet, or in any other way, as long as you don't charge anything for this and you don'tsell it or distribute it as a part of commercial product. If you distribute this utility, you must include all files inthe distribution package, without any modification !Disclaimer
The software is provided 'AS IS' without any warranty, either expressed or implied,including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitnessfor a particular purpose. The author will not be liable for any special, incidental,consequential or indirect damages due to loss of data or any other reason.Using ProduKey
ProduKey doesn't requite any installation process or additional DLLs. In order to start using it, simply extract the files to any folder you like, and then run the executable file - produkey.exeIf you want, you can also download ProduKey with full install/uninstall support (produkey_setup.exe), and then install it like any other software.
The main window of ProduKey displays the list of Windows, Office, and SQL Server products installed on your system.For each product, the 'Product ID' and 'Product Key' are displayed.If you want the view the product key information in another computer, or in another operating system within the same computer, use the command-line options below.
Command-Line Options
| /remotealldomain [Domain Name] | Enumerate all computers in the specified domain, and load the product key information from them. |
| /iprange [From IP] [To IP] | Load product key information from all computers in the specified IP addresses range.In order to use this option, you must have Administrator privileges in all these computers. |
| /windir [Windows Directory] | Load product key information from another operating system on the same computer.The [Windows Directory] specifies the base folder of Windows installation, for example:c:windows, c:winnt This feature is only supported on Windows 2000/XP/2003/2008/Vista/7. |
| /regfile [Software Registry File] | Load product key information from another operating system on the same computer.The [Software Registry File] specifies the software registry file usually located underc:windowssystem32config This feature is only supported on Windows 2000 or greater. |
| /WindowsKeys [0 | 1] | Specifies whether you want to view the product keys of Windows. 0 = No, 1 = Yes. |
| /IEKeys [0 | 1] | Specifies whether you want to view the product keys of Internet Explorer. 0 = No, 1 = Yes. |
| /ExchangeKeys [0 | 1] | Specifies whether you want to view the product keys of Exchange. 0 = No, 1 = Yes. |
| /stab <Filename> | Save the list of product keys into a tab-delimited text file. |
| /stabular <Filename> | Save the list of product keys into a tabular text file. |
| /sverhtml <Filename> | Save the list of product keys into vertical HTML file. |
| /sjson <Filename> | Save the list of product keys into JSON file. |
| Examples: produkey.exe /shtml 'f:tempkeys.html' /sort 2 /sort ~1 produkey.exe /shtml 'f:tempkeys.html' /sort 'Product Name' /sort 'Product Key' | |
| /NoErrorMessage | When you specify it, ProduKey will not display an error message if the save action is failed. |
Examples:
produkey.exe /remote Server01
produkey.exe /remotefile 'c:tempcomputers.txt'
produkey.exe /regfile 'F:WINNTsystem32configsoftware'
produkey.exe /windir 'c:winnt' /shtml 'c:temppk.html'
produkey.exe /remoteall
produkey.exe /remotealldomain MyDomain
produkey.exe /iprange 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.50
produkey.exe /stab ' >> c:tempprd.txt
produkey.exe /OfficeKeys 0 /WindowsKeys 1 /shtml f:tempkeys.html
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Translating ProduKey to other languages
In order to translate ProduKey to other language, follow the instructions below:- Run ProduKey with /savelangfile parameter:
ProduKey.exe /savelangfile
A file named ProduKey_lng.ini will be created in the folder of ProduKey utility. - Open the created language file in Notepad or in any other text editor.
- Translate all string entries to the desired language.Optionally, you can also add your name and/or a link to your Web site. (TranslatorName and TranslatorURL values) If you add this information, it'll be used in the 'About' window.
- After you finish the translation, Run ProduKey, and all translated strings will be loaded from the language file.
If you want to run ProduKey without the translation, simply rename the language file, or move it to another folder.
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ProduKey is also available in other languages. In order to change the language of ProduKey, download the appropriate language zip file, extract the 'produkey_lng.ini', and put it in the same folder that you Installed ProduKey utility.
| Language | Translated By | Date | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | Abu Rehaam | 23/01/2019 | 1.93 |
| Azerbaijani | Anguerde | 02/03/2018 | 1.90 |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Agus Nurliawan | 14/09/2007 | |
| Belarussian | Agnessa Petrova | 19/02/2018 | 1.90 |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Toni Leandro (MDM-MG Brazil) | 01/03/2018 | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Paulo Neto | 08/01/2016 | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Paulo Guzmán | 12/08/2018 | 1.93 |
| Bulgarian | Hristo Drumev | 29/10/2007 | |
| Catalan | Jottunheim | 22/10/2018 | |
| Czech | Julius Faltus (v.1.66) | 30/07/2014 | |
| Czech | Anders | 19/07/2010 | |
| Danish | Claus Svalekjaer | 18/09/2016 | 1.85 |
| Dutch | Jan Verheijen | 13/06/2018 | 1.93 |
| Dutch | Jan Verheijen | 18/09/2009 | 1.37 |
| Estonian | Toomas Tomberg | 18/12/2009 | |
| Finnish | Turveperse | 10/02/2006 | |
| French | Skorpix38 (oct 2016) | 31/10/2016 | 1.87 (oct 2016) |
| French | Dominic Desbiens/Largo | 13/06/2018 | |
| French | Agent 46 | 13/12/2017 | |
| Galician | Xosé Antón Vicente Rodríguez | 11/05/2005 | |
| German | «Latino» auf WinTotal.de | 13/06/2018 | 1.93 |
| Greek | geogeo.gr | 10/12/2017 | 1.91 |
| Hangul | sinooki | 05/09/2013 | 1.65 |
| Hebrew | 15/09/2006 | ||
| Hungarian | Tamás Ferenc | 15/06/2016 | 1.83 |
| Italian | Andrea Carli | 13/06/2018 | 1.93 |
| Italian | Alessandro Viscone | 21/04/2018 | |
| Italian | Massi | 05/07/2015 | 1.75 |
| Japanese | Kumarinecity | 07/12/2015 | |
| Korean | circlash | 14/05/2011 | 1.51 |
| Latvian | Ralf Yu | 06/03/2008 | |
| Lithuanian | Igor Gubaidulin a.k.a. MucTuK | 16/06/2006 | |
| Mongolian | A.Tsend-Ayush | 29/07/2006 | |
| Norwegian | Oeyvind Instefjord | 11/06/2015 | |
| Persian | Mustapha Ramezanpour | 19/08/2006 | |
| Persian | NAHCI 13 | 01/09/2007 | |
| Polish | Hightower | 14/06/2018 | 1.93 |
| Portuguese | Filipe 'Pollux' Baeta | 01/09/2017 | |
| Portuguese Brazil | Mark Nascimento - Bambuí | 02/06/2005 | |
| Romanian | Jaff (Oprea Nicolae) | 01/02/2016 | 1.83 |
| Russian | selkv && Habetdin | 13/07/2010 | 1.42 |
| Russian | WinAddon Project | 13/04/2017 | 1.90 |
| Simplified Chinese | 小程936 | 15/09/2017 | |
| Simplified Chinese | locationiskey | 17/04/2017 | |
| Slovak | František Fico | 18/06/2018 | 1.93 |
| Slovenian | Jadran Rudec | 28/11/2005 | |
| Spanish | Jose Antonio Alvarez Dominguez | 16/03/2016 | |
| Swedish | I.K.l | 06/02/2018 | 1.92 |
| Taiwanese | 臺灣共和國 | 23/03/2008 | |
| Traditional Chinese | Danfong Hsieh | 13/06/2018 | |
| Traditional Chinese | 丹楓(虫二電氣診所) | 17/04/2012 | |
| Thai | ประสิทธิ์ แคภูเขียว | 25/03/2008 | |
| Turkish | HARUN ARI | 04/08/2011 | 1.53 |
| Turkish | Cemil Kaynar | 11/11/2016 | 1.87 |
| Ukrainian | Yurii Petrashko (aka YuriPet) | 12/05/2011 | 1.46 |
| Valencian | vjatv | 04/10/2007 |