To begin with, make sure you are signed in as an administrator. If you are, feel free to choose any of the following methods:. The easiest way to change your product key in Windows 8 is via Control Panel.
These are the instructions for you to follow:. You can also change your product key in Windows 8 via an elevated Command Prompt window. Here is how:. Is it possible to change the Windows 7 product key? If you are looking for the answer to this question, you have come to the right place.
The answer is yes, definitely. We hope you have successfully changed your product key. If you have upgraded to a newer version of Windows, ensure that all your drivers are up to date. This is important since your system may start to malfunction otherwise. To this end, it is a good idea to update all your drivers at once — which is possible if you have a dedicated tool such as Auslogics Driver Updater at your disposal. I am doing this logged in as system administrator itself.
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Archived Forums. Sign in to vote. I have pirated version of Windows 7 in my machine. But now I bought License for Windows 7. Is it possible I can change my product key with existing installation or I need to reinstall with the original CD? Any advise would be appreciated. Wednesday, January 27, PM. In the CMD window, type: slmgr. Thursday, January 28, PM. This thread was created a year ago.
Please do not resurrect old threads. If you have an issue, please create your own thread for your own particular issue. Wednesday, January 18, AM. Both Vista and Windows 7 allow the user to change product key from within the OS. Thank you, Darin MS. Thursday, January 28, AM. Both the methods are good but it depends on what build, what service pack and CPU, not all the builds have the same feature.
Wednesday, May 5, AM. Hello everyone!! Friday, October 22, PM. Hi I was wondering if you would be able to help me? Is there any other way to update my product key? In complete despair, Katrina.
Friday, January 28, PM. Did you find a solution? I am having the exact problem!!! Katrina Stedman. Very few problems are 'exactly the same' as someone else's. Click on the Continue button, which will produce the report. To use your Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8. After Windows 10 is activated, a digital entitlement will be given to your device based on the product key you entered. On some devices that came pre-installed with Windows 8 or Windows 8.
On these devices the product key will be verified during setup, and then the appropriate edition of Windows 10 will be installed. If you're preparing to reinstall Windows 7 you will need to locate your unique Windows 7 product key, also sometimes called the Windows 7 serial key , activation key , or CD key. Normally, this product key is on a sticker on your computer or located with the manual or on the disc sleeve that came with Windows 7.
However, if you don't have a physical copy of your product key, that doesn't mean it's gone forever. Fortunately, a copy of your Windows 7 key is stored in the registry. It's encrypted, meaning it's not easily readable, but there are several free programs that can help fix that problem in less than 15 minutes. The manual techniques used to locate the product key for older versions of Windows won't work in Windows 7.
Those manual procedures will only locate the product ID number for Windows 7, not the actual product key used for installation. So if you've done this kind of thing before in Windows XP or Vista, you'll need to instead use the process outlined below. Manually locating the Windows 7 product key from the registry is nearly impossible due to the fact that it's encrypted so you'll need to use a product key finder program to extract it.
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