So someone trolled me and made me run "slmgr.vbs /upk" in command prompt. Now my product key is uninstalled. I just borrowed this laptop and the owner of this laptop doesn't know much about what is windows activating things. So i tried System restore, doesn't work. There's a product key below the laptop and I tried using that but it says "The product key you have entered will not work on this edition of windows 7". Is there anyway I can recover and restore the activation key?
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1You will have to ask the owner of the laptop what their license key is because it sounds like, they installed a different version of Windows 7 then the device came with. You can also call the Microsoft Activation Center – Ramhound May 22 '18 at 18:43
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There's a chance the key is also in the Registry.
- Press the Windows key and type
regedit. - Select
Regeditand press AltY in the UAC dialog. - Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Win7(or copy that path into the Search bar and press Enter). - Double-click on the Value
ProductKey.
You might also try a third-party tool such as free Nirsoft's ProduKey.
If all else fails, you can buy the license from Microsoft. Or install another OS such as Linux, e.g.free Ubuntu.
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@Ramhound, Nirsoft's products are *all* free, and the purchase suggested is from Microsoft itself. – DrMoishe Pippik May 23 '18 at 01:37
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Thnx boi, i used ProduKey Cracked version. I even got 3 valid windows 7 ultimate product keys – shunz19 May 23 '18 at 09:48
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@ShaunZyrille, There is no "cracked" version of Nirsoft's ProduKey, which is free anyway; whatever you used sounds a bit dodgy. – DrMoishe Pippik May 23 '18 at 13:02