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. Somewhere I read for newer laptops the product key is embedded in Bios. How can I be sure that if I reinstall the Windows using Media Creation Tool ISO file, it will not ask for the unavailable product key and will detect it in Bios (if any keys is embedded there)?
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Note that the above mentioned Windows 10 product keys work irrespective of the architecture of Windows 10, meaning they support both 32-bit and 64-bit. My laptop has been so slow lenovo R61l wham im instal windows 10 he is so fast now. April 23, 2016 at 8:59 am. Serial enterprice its not wok for my.
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Get into command prompt by searching for it or doing the Windows key and R button and typing
cmd
(it should pop up). Then type this command in exactly as is:
And your product key should pop up right after. voila
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Microsoft has made it simple to activate Windows 10.
On new machines the product key is stored in BIOs and is used automatically by the Windows when connected to the Internet.
In Windows 10 hardware activation is used. Your Windows 10 will be automatically activated until you don't make changes to the hardware.
If you want to install same version as fresh no problem click I don't have a product key link during installation and it will be activated automatically.
You can also switch between 32-bit and 64-bit without need of a key in the same edition.
If you want to see OEM details visit Microsoft live and check devices tab. You will get everything there.
Rohit kumarRohit kumar
Yes Windows 10 key is stored in the BIOS, in the event you need a restore, as long as you use the same version so either Pro or Home, it will activate automatically.
You can prove this to your self, by downloading any product key finder on google and the last 5 digits will be displayed for you. Also the code is normally placed on a sticker under the laptop or under the battery.
Thanks!
Adam BirdsAdam Birds
Download & install Magical Jelly Bean Key Finder from here: https://www.magicaljellybean.com/downloads/KeyFinderInstaller.exe
This app reads the product keys of Windows & many other apps (Photoshop, MS Office, IDM, etc.) from the registry & shows it to you. You can easily find out the product key of your installed windows (any version).
In my laptop (Dell Inspiron 1440) the product key of the pre-installed Win7 Pro was written on a sticker at the bottom of my laptop. You can also check at the bottom of your laptop.
the_Ma5TeRthe_Ma5TeR
The usual {wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey} command won't work on some PCs with product keys baked in BIOS, I tried this with my Alienware 17 R2 not too long ago. You'll had to use RWEverything to read the ACPI data. For machines originally installed with Windows 10, look for MSDM tab, on the bottom you'll see the product key string under Data. For machines originally installed with Windows 7, look for SLIC tab instead.
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My laptop (a Lenovo Flex 2 15) came preinstalled with Windows 8 Standard (with the serial key preinstalled into the BIOS), and I've since installed an SSD (a Samsung Evo 840 120GB) & upgraded to Windows 10.
When the laptop still had its hard drive, I upgraded it to Professional so I could use the resources provided by the domain on my homeserver; because of this, I can only use the Professional editions of Windows (Home can't join domains).
I bought Windows 10 Professional & completed a fresh-install (complete reinstallation) of Windows, only that it installed Windows 10 Home instead of Professional. I'm guessing this is due to the Windows 8 Standard Edition serial key preinstalled in the BIOS.
I then downloaded an All-In-One ISO image of Windows 10 from MSDN (of which I have limited access to), transferred the installer onto a USB stick, & reinstalled (a clean install again). However it's still installing Windows 10 Home.
If I try to install using the AIO image from within Windows, the installer does not present me with a list of options for the edition I want to install; instead, it assumes that I want to install Home Edition:
I am able to get Windows 10 Professional to install if I disable UEFI & use Legacy instead, but I feel that this is stepping around the issue rather than resolving it.
Is it possible to have the Windows 10 installer ignore any serial keys preinstalled in the BIOS/UEFI? If so, how? If not, is using Legacy mode really the only way around this?
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First of all, make sure you have a regular (single-architecture) Windows ISO. It seems you already have that covered.
Then, try this method:
- Create a Setup USB drive
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Create a file named
PID.txt
in theSources
directory, with the following contents: -
Boot from this USB drive
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First of all if you download Windows 10 using media creation tool it contains 3 editions: Pro, Home and Education. Windows automatically chooses one according to your serial key in BIOS or already installed Windows OS. You can force it to let you choose what you want to install by creating one file on your installation disc/USB drive.
Create
ei.cfg
file in sources
directory on installation disc/USB drive, open it in any text editor (for example notepad) and paste this:
Result:
Lenovo Product Key Windows 10
IMHO this solution is better because you are not limited to one serial key and you can have both 32 and 64 bit systems. Media creation tool allows you to download both as one installer. So you end up with 6 editions to select. :)
Tithen-FirionTithen-Firion
I have tried many suggestions to this including the ones listed in this questions an here but none of these answers was working for me with Windows 10 Anniversary Edition. I ended up doing the following to have a complete clean Windows 10 Pro installation with all components with a system that has an embedded UEFI Windows Home key:
- Download the Windows Media Creation Tool. You could also create this from an ISO.
- Use the tool to create a USB drive for the Windows 10 installation. Do not worry that you cannot select the Pro version in the Edition pull down.
- Use the USB to wipe the drives and do a clean install of Windows 10
- After the restart you may have a Windows 10 Home edition instead of Windows 10 Pro. If so, go into Settings --> System --> About --> Change product key or upgrade your edition of Windows
- Enter in your Windows 10 Pro key
- The system will update and after a restart Settings --> System --> About you will see Windows 10 Professional. If you are using a Microsoft Account you can also login via the web and see the device now displays Windows 10 Professional. However, if you reformat the machine again it will once more set itself up as Windows 10 Home instead of Windows 10 Pro (assuming it is finding this information from the embedded UEFI key).
At this point it appears you are all set. You might start working, try install Docker, etc. and think everything is fine. However, you will find that some important Windows 10 Pro components are missing. An easy way to see if this did not upgrade correctly is to search for 'Computer Management' and then you should see System Tools --> Local Users and Groups. If you do not see that item but your System --> About reports Windows 10 Professional something is not correct. Trying to restore these missing components with DSIM or other options did not work for me.
7. To fix this you need to Reset your PC. I know this is not what you want to do after just setting everything up but if you have tried using the PID.txt option suggested in another answer here by @daniel-b and it does not work for some reason this solution will solve this issue and it take less than an hour on a modern PC. You are working with a new empty installation now anyway so just go to Settings --> Update and Security --> Recovery --> and select Reset this PC. You do not need to select the option that says it will take hours and clean the drives.
7. To fix this you need to Reset your PC. I know this is not what you want to do after just setting everything up but if you have tried using the PID.txt option suggested in another answer here by @daniel-b and it does not work for some reason this solution will solve this issue and it take less than an hour on a modern PC. You are working with a new empty installation now anyway so just go to Settings --> Update and Security --> Recovery --> and select Reset this PC. You do not need to select the option that says it will take hours and clean the drives.
- After this is done it will be a new installation of Windows 10 again and you will need to setup your Wi-Fi, login with your Microsoft Account, setup a pin if desired, etc.
This time around, when you go to Settings --> System --> About you will see Windows 10 Pro from the start. You can also go to Computer Management --> System Tools and you will now be able to access your Local Users and Groups and you will have access to other features of Windows 10 Pro.
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