How to recover your Windows product key
Hướng dẫn cách lấy lại key bản quyền
If you have a newer PC that came with Windows 8 or Windows 10, then your product key likely won't be on a sticker. Instead, computer manufacturers now embed the key right into the computer's UEFI firmware. Unlike the COA sticker, the embedded key can't be smudged off, stolen or erased (easily).
If you want to extract the UEFI key, the process is simple. Open the Start menu, type powershell and then run the program.
Next type the following command in the PowerShell window and hit Enter.
If your product key isn't embedded in the firmware or you're missing your COA sticker, you're not out of luck as long as you haven't formatted your computer. You can still recover the key because Windows stores it in the registry. Here is how:
1. Open a new Notepad window
2. Copy and paste the following text into the window
4. Close Notepad and double-click the file. Wait a few seconds, and then you will be presented with a popup displaying your product key:
Printed on a Certificate of Authenticity Sticker
If your PC came with Windows 7 or earlier, then your product key will be printed on a COA sticker. This sticker verifies that the computer came with a genuine copy of Windows. You will need to examine your computer to find the sticker. On laptops, it's usually on the bottom side. On desktops, it could be on the back, sides, or top. It looks something like this:Embedded in the PC's UEFI firmware
If you have a newer PC that came with Windows 8 or Windows 10, then your product key likely won't be on a sticker. Instead, computer manufacturers now embed the key right into the computer's UEFI firmware. Unlike the COA sticker, the embedded key can't be smudged off, stolen or erased (easily).
If you want to extract the UEFI key, the process is simple. Open the Start menu, type powershell and then run the program.
Next type the following command in the PowerShell window and hit Enter.
(Get-WmiObject -query 'select * from SoftwareLicensingService').OA3xOriginalProductKeyStored in the Windows Registry
If your product key isn't embedded in the firmware or you're missing your COA sticker, you're not out of luck as long as you haven't formatted your computer. You can still recover the key because Windows stores it in the registry. Here is how:
1. Open a new Notepad window
2. Copy and paste the following text into the window
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
MsgBox ConvertToKey(WshShell.RegRead("HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId"))
Function ConvertToKey(Key)
Const KeyOffset = 52
i = 28
Chars = "BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789"
Do
Cur = 0
x = 14
Do
Cur = Cur * 256
Cur = Key(x + KeyOffset) + Cur
Key(x + KeyOffset) = (Cur \ 24) And 255
Cur = Cur Mod 24
x = x -1
Loop While x >= 0
i = i -1
KeyOutput = Mid(Chars, Cur + 1, 1) & KeyOutput
If (((29 - i) Mod 6) = 0) And (i <> -1) Then
i = i -1
KeyOutput = "-" & KeyOutput
End If
Loop While i >= 0
ConvertToKey = KeyOutput
End Function
4. Close Notepad and double-click the file. Wait a few seconds, and then you will be presented with a popup displaying your product key:
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