How To Get Windows 10 Activation Key From Bios

Retrieving the uefi bios.

How to get windows 10 activation key from bios. It is to be noted that a retail product. Reactivate windows 10 using a digital license. If windows 10 isn t activated on your device see get help with windows 10 activation errors. The tool is compatible with both 32 bit and 64 bit versions of windows 7 windows 8 1 and windows 10.

This handy tool can be downloaded here from the neosmart official blog. Once executed it will retrieve our windows product key from the bios uefi and show it to us in a convenient pop up window. This post shows how to find windows product key using command prompt or powershell from bios uefi or registry. The 25 digit product key will then appear.

Simply change the key in windows you have a valid key for windows 10 pro right. If you need help finding your product key see find your windows product key. But to have the process run smoothly you will need the right windows 8 10 installation media that matches the one stored in bios. This method displays the windows product key stored in your computer s bios or uefi firmware.

In this case customers don t have a windows 10 key nor is a key embedded in the bios or uefi. It works for retail oem etc licenses. There you have the 10 pro features. Instead they can apply the same product key used to upgrade to windows 10.

In other words it shows the original windows key your computer came with. Right click on the start button and click on run. If you need help determining if your copy of windows is genuine microsoft software see the how to tell page. The windows 10 settings app has a page for displaying your activation information including whether you have a digital license though your key isn t shown here.

The key is now embedded in bios and can be retrieved automatically during the activation process in windows 8 10. Reactivation will depend on the pc. Go to the system control panel and under windows activation click change product key.