How to recover my Windows Product Key?

How to recover my Windows Product Key?

Hi Wilmer,

You may be able to get hold of the Product Key by just navigating through the registry.

Type "regedit" in Run or Search box.

Navigate to:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
• SOFTWARE
• MICROSOFT
• WINDOWSNT
• CURRENTVERSION

Click the CurrentVersion folder in the left pane of the Registry Editor windows, then in the right browse up until the time you locate the ProductKey value. This is what your CD Key is. This shouldn't end up being confused with the Product ID registry key which is actually the number Microsoft designated to your computer the moment you registered Windows if you're using a Retail Version. If you have an OEM version, the key will most likely have OEM as part of it and Would probably be identified as ProductId instead of ProductKey. Take note of the two values in case you are not sure.

In addition, in case your current version of Windows happens to be an "upgrade" release, then make certain that you actually have got the old installation disks for the reason that setup may look for them to validate if eligible for upgrade. Considering that you are going to do a fresh install, there is not going to be a previous operating system installed. This wouldn't be a problem given that you have your earlier installation CDs.

You may also use other Product key retrievers

Passcape Win CD Keys is a software program which will be able to help you get back missing CD keys for more than five hundred installed software packages such as Microsoft Windows, MS Office, OneNote, Microsoft Money, Microsoft SQL Serve. As well as games from Westwood, Ubisoft, Valve Software, Crytek, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, etc. It will also function for other software manufacturers like Sony, Corel, Adobe, Symantec, Macromedia, Ulead, Cyberlink, Ahead, Borland, Ashampoo, O&O, and many other software programs that store the keys in the Windows registry.

ProduKey is a light utility that shows the particular ProductID and the particular CD-Key of Microsoft Office (Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2007), Windows (Including Windows 7 and Windows Vista), Exchange Server, and SQL Server installed on your computer.

The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a software which can help you get back the Product Keys that were used to install Windows on the current machine or on network computers. It gets the keys from the laptop's or computer's registry. It can be able to copy the key to the clipboard, save it into a notepad, or even print it directly for a hard copy. The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder can operate on almost all Windows Operating Systems, from Windows 95 through Windows Vista, in addition is can work for Microsoft Office 97, Office XP, and Office 2003.