I have an ACER Travelmate p273 loaded with Windows 7 Pro. Where is the product key?

In the last month, I received an alert from MS that I have an unofficial version of the operating system. Order to veriy that's an authorized version, they ask for a product key. Can not find on the computer or on any of the disks provided with this package. Any suggestions?

For anyone else having this problem: eventually had to call Microsoft to help customer service. The product key, I had been locked by Ms. representative provided a new product key that allowed me to work with MS Windows 7 pro. So far everything seems to work ok.

If it wasn't for the financial software I use and which is not supported under Linux I completely divorce me MS and run only the Linux OS. For the moment, I use Ubuntu 16.04.

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