▷ How to see windows 10 key of your computer whatever

Many times we need to be able to see Windows 10 key because our computer starts to fail and the only feasible solution is to reinstall the operating system. And if we do this we will always have the uncertainty of knowing if our computer comes with an internal key for the system located in the BIOS or if, on the contrary, it has been entered manually. Being this last form, surely when we reinstall Windows we will find the unpleasant surprise that our system is not activated. That is why in this step by step we will see how to obtain the key of our system regardless of our computer and version of Windows.

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No one should deny us access to our Windows license key, since it is a product that we have purchased and as a user we have the right to know this code in case we need to reinstall the system from scratch. We are going to see different ways to obtain this key to be able to reuse them if necessary.

View Windows 10 key using regedit

Another way to see the key of our system is through the Windows 10 registry. We see how to do it:

As always, we press the key combination " Windows + R " to open the Run tool. Next, we write the command " regedit " in the text box and we press Enter. Once located in the registry we will go to the following path:

Computer \ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ SoftwareProtectionPlatform

In the right area where the registry values are shown we look for " BackupProductKeyDefault " If we look at the right side we will see the key of our system

See Windows 10 key stored in BIOS

This procedure will only be valid for computers that have the pre-installed operating system and without subsequent modifications.

Normally when we buy a computer, especially laptops, they already have a copy of Windows 10 installed and activated. The most useful thing is that the key is stored in the BIOS of the computer, so that when we need to reinstall Windows 10 it will be activated if we install the same version of the system.

In any case, it is worth knowing what this key is, and for this we will need to do this simple procedure:

Press the key combination " Windows + R " to open the " Run " tool. Now we type the center of it " cmd " and press Enter.

Now we must write the following command to see Windows 10 key:

WMIC Path SoftwareLicensingService Get OA3xOriginalProductKey

Press Enter and if our equipment is as we have previously commented, we will obtain the operating system key as a result. In our case we have not obtained anything since it is not our case.

View Windows 10 ProductKey

If in the previous way we have not been able to obtain the expected results we will have to resort to third party programs to obtain this key. NirSoft ProductKey is a free program translated into different versions that will allow us not only to obtain the key for Windows 10 but also for Office and other programs installed on our system with a paid license. Download it from its official website. We must go to the bottom of the page where we can download the program in 32 and 64 bit versions and a file to translate it into our language (optional)

Once we have the two downloader files we will extract the program into a directory and the language file in it. To get a folder with the following files:

Click on “ ProductKey ” to execute it. Once opened, all the keys that appear in the system will appear instantly.

Windows 10 key does not appear

If with this last method the key does not appear anywhere, it is possible that your system is not activated. A simple way to know this is to right click on the Windows desktop and click on " Personalize ". If a message like the following appears at the top, it will mean that our system is not activated.