How to recover w7 key from w7 installed OS

eLPuSHeR · 23 Apr 2020

Hello.

I am going to migrate a w7 laptop to w10. The COA sticker is totally worn out. How can I recover the w7 from the system?.

thomaseg1 · 23 Apr 2020

eLPuSHeR said:

Hello.

I am going to migrate a w7 laptop to w10. The COA sticker is totally worn out. How can I recover the w7 from the system?.

Users can retrieve it by issuing a command from the command prompt.

Press Windows key + X.
Click Command Prompt (Admin)
At the command prompt, type: wmic path SoftwareLicensingService get OA3xOriginalProductKey. This will reveal the product key. Volume License Product Key Activation.

thomaseg1 · 23 Apr 2020

alternatively Belarc advisor

dalchina · 23 Apr 2020

Once you have succesfully migrated to Win 10 it should become irrelevant.

Also try Showkeyplus by tenforums member Superfly
Download ShowKeyPlus - MajorGeeks

eLPuSHeR · 23 Apr 2020

W10 installation says the key copied from Showkeyplus is invalid.

dalchina · 23 Apr 2020

Thank you for your reply.
@Superfly- could you possibly comment? Thanks.

eLPuSHeR · 23 Apr 2020

In the interim I am going to try Belarc Advisor, but I recall running it on my main pc alongside Superfly tool and they both showed the same key. I also tried the wmic command but it is saying "alias not found". I am not sure what to put as path.

thomaseg1 · 23 Apr 2020

Windows 7 & Windows 8

Search and open Regedit via the Search function in Windows 7 or 8.
In the left pane of the Registry Editor, navigate to the following directory: Windows 7. ...
Right-click on the entry named ProductId and select Modify.
The product key will be displayed in a new window.

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SIW2 · 23 Apr 2020

Is it an slp key? Might be easier to do the gatherosstate.exe dance.

eLPuSHeR · 23 Apr 2020

I think it must be an OEM key. Superfly's ShowKeyPlus said something about a key marker embedded in firmware.