get Windows 10 product key from BIOS?
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I have a brand new laptop that came with Windows 10 I'll try on Monday morning.
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@black3dynamite said in get Windows 10 product key from BIOS?:
It's been awhile since I've used it but ProduKey might help you.
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html#DownloadLinks
Doesn't work with Windows 10. I know that one. Great program though!
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You can also try Belarc Advisor (http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html).
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@black3dynamite Belarc is only for personal use without purchasing it.
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@black3dynamite said in get Windows 10 product key from BIOS?:
You can also try Belarc Advisor (http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html).
Also doesn't work with anything after Windows 7.
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I don't know about Windows 7, but this worked on Windows 10 this morning.
http://www.tenforums.com/software-apps/2577-showkeyplus.html
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@Dashrender said in get Windows 10 product key from BIOS?:
I don't know about Windows 7, but this worked on Windows 10 this morning.
http://www.tenforums.com/software-apps/2577-showkeyplus.html
Just tested it on my Windows 10 Enterprise machine, and it worked! Great find!
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@thanksajdotcom said in get Windows 10 product key from BIOS?:
@Dashrender said in get Windows 10 product key from BIOS?:
I don't know about Windows 7, but this worked on Windows 10 this morning.
http://www.tenforums.com/software-apps/2577-showkeyplus.html
Just tested it on my Windows 10 Enterprise machine, and it worked! Great find!
Does it only work with machines that are originally Windows 7 era though?
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@thanksajdotcom I didn't think the manufactures were putting keys in the BIOS back then. I thought that started with Windows 8.
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@Mike-Davis said:
@thanksajdotcom I didn't think the manufactures were putting keys in the BIOS back then. I thought that started with Windows 8.
I'm not sure how this utility works. Belarc and ProduKey pulled it from the registry. UEFI didn't start until Windows 8, that is true. I wonder if this utility works with machines running Windows 8.1/10 but needs the Windows 7 and before age machines, because non-UEFI BIOS. I'm not sure. My machine is a Lenovo Thinkpad T420. Originally it was 7 Enteprise. I'd say try it, and YMMV.
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Actually I've seen UEFI Windows 7 Keys. It was only in the last year or so before Windows 8 came out. It was well after SP1 for Windows 7 was released.
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@Dashrender said in get Windows 10 product key from BIOS?:
Actually I've seen UEFI Windows 7 Keys. It was only in the last year or so before Windows 8 came out. It was well after SP1 for Windows 7 was released.
I guess that's fair. I've seen ones that you can flash the BIOS to upgrade it to UEFI but I never saw a Windows 7 computer come with 7 and a UEFI BIOS.
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@thanksajdotcom said in get Windows 10 product key from BIOS?:
@Dashrender said in get Windows 10 product key from BIOS?:
Actually I've seen UEFI Windows 7 Keys. It was only in the last year or so before Windows 8 came out. It was well after SP1 for Windows 7 was released.
I guess that's fair. I've seen ones that you can flash the BIOS to upgrade it to UEFI but I never saw a Windows 7 computer come with 7 and a UEFI BIOS.
Plenty of machines shipped with BIOS keys and windows 7, because they were windows 8 keys baked in, that the vendors shipped to you with Windows 7.
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@JaredBusch said in get Windows 10 product key from BIOS?:
@thanksajdotcom said in get Windows 10 product key from BIOS?:
@Dashrender said in get Windows 10 product key from BIOS?:
Actually I've seen UEFI Windows 7 Keys. It was only in the last year or so before Windows 8 came out. It was well after SP1 for Windows 7 was released.
I guess that's fair. I've seen ones that you can flash the BIOS to upgrade it to UEFI but I never saw a Windows 7 computer come with 7 and a UEFI BIOS.
Plenty of machines shipped with BIOS keys and windows 7, because they were windows 8 keys baked in, that the vendors shipped to you with Windows 7.
Yeah, I've seen that too. Especially around the time when 8 was first released, yes, I saw this a lot. So that's fair.
