Windows 10 hardware upgrade has major problem

TRW said:

It's not an easy process and I'm amazed (well not really) that Microsoft support don't make it any easier -- they apparently don't know about [/COLOR]Showkey plus and weren't able to tell me how to find the Windows 7 key.[COLOR=#333333]

Microsoft is working to fix the situation. With insider build 10565, they are allowing activation by manually entering a Windows 7/8/8.1 Product Key. Hopefully this gets incorporated in the major Windows 10 update release they are saying will happen in November.

Glad I could help solve your problem. Showkey Plus has several unique features that other product key sniffers do not have - the ability to read the product key that was previously used for an upgrade, the ability to read a product key from a back-up image, and the ability to manually enter a product key and it will tell you what version of Windows 7/8/8.1/10 it is for.

Superfly gets all the credit for Showkey Plus. He's pretty amazing when it comes to Product Key stuff.

Microsoft knew about Showkey, but since such utilities can be used to discover a legit key and attempt to use it in another Windows installation, they certainly don't want you to know. An other way would be to use Aida64. It is a utility that shows a lot of info about your hardware and software. The key (along with much more information) is displayed at the Operating System section. I frequently use it to identify unknown hardware, so I can download drivers for it. It is very helpful as it can identify all devices without having to install drivers first.