Product key recovery Win 8 / Installation on another PC

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• Product key recovery

  I bought a laptop HP Pavilion with Windows 8 preinstalled by Amazon last year and there was an error occur recently. I sent to repair and the company has installed a generic OS on the laptop. This generic version does not allow me to do a recovery drive, and the product key product key finder is not usable for resettlement through Microsoft. I need the original product key I bought or confirmation less than a recovery disk to reinstall my original version of windows 8.

  What can I do to retrieve the original product key, so I can redownload via Microsoft?

  Hello

  Microsoft has done a little easier download the Win 8.1. ISO. I'm not positive if a key win 8 will work. The site, at the bottom, seems to suggest a key Win 8 will allow you to download Win 8.1.

  If you want to Win 8 HP version, you might have to buy a kit recovery HP by CherylG.

  You can try this procedure at Neowin to Win 8.1 free download...

  The problem is that you need the product key of win 8 in the BIOS.

  RWEverything can retrieve the product key of win 8 from the BIOS. See this article. RWEverything is sometimes a bit erratic, but it does not work. Be careful, you can write to the BIOS with this program!

  Try the button Win 8 derived RWEverything to see if you can download Win 8.1. Microsoft is pushing still win 8 users at 8.1 Win.

  Jaco

• How to activate Win 7 Home Premium SP1 if I have a product key for Win 7 Home Premium without SP1

  I bought the Dell with pre-installed Windows 7 Home Premium computer. I recently had a problem with the firewall system and found that the only solution is to reinstall Windows. I downloaded .iso with Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 because my current version has been already upgraded to SP1. After that I installed it, it asked me to enter the product key. I have provided the product key, but he says it's a bad touch and I realized that my product key must be for Windows 7 Home Premium without SP1.

  I downloaded .iso with Windows 7 Home Premium without SP1, but I can't install it now because it says that my current version is newer than the one I am trying to install. What can I do about it now? Can I get a product key for Win 7 Home Premium SP1 if I have Win 7 Home Premium? Service pack 1 is free anyway...

  If you have downloaded a Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 integrated, you should be able to use the product key located on the COA sticker in the battery compartment.

  Skip entering product key and complete the installation.

  Click Start, right click on computer

  Click on properties

  Scroll down to the Windows Activation

  Click on the link 'change product key '.

  Enter the product key located on the COA sticker attached to the bottom of your laptop or in the battery compartment. Click next to activate via the Internet.

  COA certificate of authenticity:

  http://www.Microsoft.com/howtotell/content.aspx?PG=COA

  ??

  What is the certificate of authenticity for Windows?

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/what-is-the-Windows-certificate-of-authenticity

• My product key on a new installation was invalid so then I activated by phone... now when I use windows update it does not work correctly

  My product key on a new installation was invalid so then I activated by phone... now when I use windows update it is not working properly because it says that I don't have a genuine copy of windows... But it seems that the updates don't come down... is it ok to work this way?

  To analyze and solve problems for Activation and Validation, we need to see a full copy of the report produced by the MGADiag (download and save to the desktop - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=52012 ) tool
  Once saved, run the tool.
  Click on the button continue, which will produce the report.
  To copy the report in your response, click the button copy in the tool (ignore the error at this stage), and then paste (using r-click and paste or Ctrl + V) in your response.
   
  Windows security updates will continue to come down the pipe under automatic updates, but you cannot access the General updates until the system to validate.

• I have the product key for Win 7 Home Premium OA on laptop - I need to re - install due to virus, how can I get a copy?

  Win 7 Home Premium

  I have the product key for Win 7 Home Premium OA on laptop - I need to re - install due to virus, how can I get a copy?

  I have the product key for Win 7 Home Premium OA on laptop - I need to re - install due to virus, how can I get a copy?

  See the response of Mike Hall, but also, note the following:

  What virus do you have? How do you know if you're a? Reinstalling Windows due to a virus is almost never required and is usually exaggerated way. It is normally much easier and much less likely to cause you problems if you delete the virus with a good antivirus program.

• Try to activate Windows, error: this product key has already been used on another computer

  (Original title: Hi I get this key product and equipment repaired already in use)

  How can I fix? any suggestions please? I can't activate my windows because it says that it has already been used, the cause of this is my equipment got repaired and when he returned he disabled just, please

  I tried to enter my product key for windows, and he just said "this product key has already been used on another computer" but that is the only computer where I installed my Windows 8, I tried the method by which you must contact their office by the number of the machine and you must give them 9 packed numbers and enter this told you on the phone. But I can't contact then given the number of the machine and also I tried to send the technician takes charge, but it did not help, I need help badly please. Thank you.

  Hi Christian,

  I understand that after getting your equipment repaired, you cannot activate Windows 8.

  As the ID of the product gets changed every time the internal components of the machine are modified and when you try to activate Windows it identifies it as a machine to new or different.

  I suggest you contact the support phone or chat for assistance with Windows.

  See the link below for the number of support:

  Global Customer Service phone numbers

  http://Support2.Microsoft.com/GP/customer-service-phone-numbers/en-GB?WA=wsignin1.0

  You want to chat instead, check the link below:

  http://answerdesk.Microsoft.com

  Hope this helps, get back to us if you need further assistance for Windows.

• product key for win xp home installation disc

  I have a disc of original home installation win xp, but have lost the product key that was on the box of the cd, how do I know what is the key?

  "homiej09" wrote in message News: * e-mail address is removed from the privacy * .com...

  I have a disc of original home installation win xp, but have lost the product key that was on the box of the cd, how do I know what is the key?

  If you have a computer on which the product has been installed AND it is a retail version of XP Home (not a version installed at the factory where you never entered the label key), you can use a program of keyfinder to retrieve.  I usewww.magicaljellybean.com keyfinder program for this purpose.  Even if you have a hard drive that had the operating system installed on it and it still can be read in another computer then the tool load the hive in this program will be found the product key.  Otherwise, you're out of luck.

• Questions: product key for Win 7 Home Prem-64 bit on renovated 6000 HP Office

  Hello

  I'm looking for assistance. A few questions about my product key and my type of PC.

  I bought a refurbished Hewlett Packard 6000 PC from Best Buy in 2011 and it is come preinstalled (no windows disk) with Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit) OS. It is authentic.

  It has 2 hard drives. The big one is a 750G which has 2 partitions (part devoted only to the BONE and space remaining for usual use and still has plenty of space to breathe (585G).) Then, there is a disc of 14G it's strictly for the restoration of windows and recovery. It is nearly full with about 1 G to save.

  I am not sure I want 10 Windows because it seems to be so many problems and I cannot afford a new PC hardware or download new software at the moment and I need my PC for a living. I use Norton 360 Security and backup on an external hard drive at the moment.

  1) if I try Win 10 and decide I don't like, I will always be able to return to my original Windows 7 Home Premium?

  2) if I need, can I use my product key with another disc of Windows 7 Home Premium is exactly what I have installed now (did not come with my PC), or is it illegal? I do not want to break the law or action illegal without knowing it.

  Since Windows 10 came out, I had problems with my PC more.

  From what I can tell, t seems to behave more like a "domain server" one "computer staff home.»

  I restored it to factory twice during this time settings, but I keep my automatic windows update and I wonder if there may be some updates that should not be installed due to the release of 10 windows that add to the question.

  3) when it passes through their free offer 10 widows, it is a full version? And does go from Win 7 to 8 Win, then to win 10? Or just have it go right to win 10 of Win 7?

  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  Thanks in advance.

  Installation of the HP factory is the worst install of Windows, you can have, entrelardé a ton of bloatware that duplicates and interferes with the older versions of built-in features of the operating system, suffers from endless problems.  Therefore no tech fan would have never run the installation of the factory (or an upgrade on Windows 10 place) but prefer clean reinstall Windows 7 with the product key on the COA sticker.

  Now check if the product key on the COA sticker is there and readable.  It took for them to sell you Windows software pre-installed to legally.

  If Yes, then you can solve all these problems at once by a Clean install Windows 10 Upgrade skip the product key during install then after activation with your Windows 7 key.  As long as stick you with tools and methods in the link that you will have no problem because there is no reported for those who follow.

  Do not hesitate to ask back and let us now how it goes.

• Product key recovery WIN7Pro

  I was troubleshooting PC w / constant BSOD, which led to a reload of the OS.

  During reloading, the recovery disk has failed and I lost the OS load. I have rebooted since w / a distribution disk, but I have lost my product code. It's a HP 3500 Pro which has been initially charged w / WIN8 and down to 7, so there is no Windows sticker in the box.

  Is it possible to recover this p/c?

  If she was downgraded to Windows 7 Professional, you should be able to borrow a product key Windows 7 Professional from another computer, even a COA sticker or a key to upgrade any version of detail already in use. Call the product activation and explain that you exercise downgrade rights.

  How to activate Windows 7 manually (activate by phone)
   
  1) click Start and in the search for box type: slui.exe 4
   
  (2) press the ENTER"" key.
   
  (3) select your "country" in the list.
   
  (4) choose the option "activate phone".
   
  (5) stay on the phone (do not select/press all options) and wait for a person to help you with the activation.
   
  (6) explain your problem clearly to the support person.
   
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950929/en-us

  If they need your product key Windows 8 as evidence, use Show key more to find:

  How to find your product key after the upgrade to Windows 10

  Windows 10 references, but you can ignore that.

• How to buy some product keys for Win 7 Ultimate SP1 x 86?

  Hi you all,.

  We have a handful of XP Pro SP3 PC to upgrade to Win 7 Pro (or more) x 86. Win 7 Compatibility Checker found no problem with the hardware. I started the first upgrade using a DVD Win 7 Ultimate x 86 retail licensed, but had problems with the DVD. I decided to download the ISO of Win 7 Ultimate x 86 but when I type in the valid product key there is no option to download the ISO in English. Neither the French version was available even if it is of no use to us. Strange; What is the problem?

  Second, is this website legitimate? 'Designed by Microsoft' seems bogus:

  http://www.mskeystore.com/

  Thank you very much and happy holidays.

  This site looks bogus to me.  Thanks for letting us know that I reported.

  Best bet is going to be for 7, family or professional edition regularly seen on Newegg, Tiger Direct and Amazon mainline for $89 and $119.

  These should provide a disc because it is harder to get now, but safer options are considered in step 1 of Clean reinstall Windows 7 .  This tutorial will result in a perfect installation every time, until all steps are followed.

  For other problems, you can Troubleshoot Windows 7 Installation failure - Help Forums of Windows 7

  The glitch in the language is a known problem reported regularly.

• Cannot activate Windows 8 by using product key provided on new installation SSD

  I bought WIN PRO 8 32-BIT / 64-BIT ENGLISH VUP DVD SKU 3UR-0001 on the Microsoft Store.

  I installed it on my laptop with 8GB and a new SSD.

  Can't activate Windows 8 Pro with product key provided after installation is complete.

  Have not installed on Windows 7. Clean install on a brand new SSD.

  I have to buy the right product WP8?

  Help, please.

  Thank you

  You upgraded to Windows 8, but did not have an earlier version of Windows Installer (error 0xC004F061)

  If you see error 0xC004F061 when you try to activate Windows 8, this means that you are using a product key for an upgrade of Windows 8 version and a previous version of Windows wasn't on your PC when Windows 8 was installed. To install a Windows 8 upgrade version, you must already have Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP installed on your PC.

  If you have formatted the drive until the upgrade of Windows 8 version has been installed, you will not be able to use your upgrade product key to activate Windows 8. To activate Windows 8, you will need to install your previous version of Windows, and then reinstall Windows 8. Help with the activation process, contact technical support.

• Disabled, but it shows again the product key is already in use on another PC.

  I disabled Windows 8 pro on my desk that I wanted to transfer the product key to my laptop.
  After you have installed Windows 8 pro on my laptop with the installer in the email successfully, then I have to stick my turn off windows 8 pro key which I have just disabled on my desk by using the slmgr.vbs command and it shows the product key is already used on another PC on my laptop.

  So I went about trying the phone activation, they always gave me that same thing product key is already used on another PC.
  What can I do now? Thanks :)

  Call the number of disabling worked for me. Thank you!

  I also followed your disable windows (on the previous machine) instructions before calling:
  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_8-windows_install/Windows-8-product-key-deactivation-guide/6c5245de-8516-4C99-95fe-0fb458d849e5

• Product key for win 8 doesn't work no-error: this product key cannot be used to install a copy of windows retail.

  I bought a copy of windows 8 for the upgrade to windows 7 from the Microsoft store. I need to reinstall the hard drive on this machine, but when I download the installer of windows 8 on another machine to try to create a bootable USB I get an error message when I put in the product key (which I paid for) who says: this product key cannot be used to install a copy of windows retail.

  How can I get this problem?

  Hello

  Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community Forum.

  Ideally, there are two types of product keys: key to retail version key upgrade and full. The key to upgrade is used to upgrade the version of the operating system when you have the lower version of the operating system already installed on the system, for example, if you have already installed Windows 7 system, you can use the upgrade of Windows 8 to upgrade (override) currently installed Windows 7 to Windows 8. This product key cannot be used to download the installer of Windows 8 and create a bootable for installing Windows 8 from scratch.

  However, the key of the full version allows to download the installer of Windows 8 and create a Windows 8 boot disk to install a full version of the operating system.

  According to your description, you have reinstalled the hard drive on your machine and want to install Windows 8 by creating a bootable. Thus, you will always have the above error message while downloading executable files for Windows 8.

  There are two options you can try to install Windows 8 on your system:

  • Replace the key with a key to the version upgrade complete on the Microsoft Store and follow the procedure as you said in your post. You will not get the error message given.
  • If you have the Windows 7 installation media, you can try to install Windows 7 on the reinstalled hard drive. After activating this operating system, you can try to upgrade to Windows 8 by using the product key that you have already purchased.

  Hope this information is useful. If the problem still persists, please post back for further assistance, we will be happy to help you.

• Product key recovery Windows 8

  In an attempt to dual-boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu, I partitioned with too much space to think about her and accidentally erased all my computer Windows Partitions. I got a file Iso of Windows 8 and on the Setup, he invites me for a product key. I understand that the product key is encrypted on the motherboard. I was wondering if he could be sent to me. I have connected to windows 8 for several months before I do AND have a dell service tag sticker windows 8 on my computer, just for you I know I'm a rightful owner. Also, my laptop is a Dell Inspiron 15-3520.

  On Monday, February 3, 2014 02:51:58 + 0000, CalebJ.B wrote:

  Windows 8 came preinstalled on the computer, but it did come with a new installation disc. I'll see about ordering a Dell because it is still under warranty.

  Then, almost certainly, it came with a recovery instead of a partition
  Windows installation DVD. Read the instructions supplied with the
  computer to find out how to use it, or look on the manufacturer's web
  site.
  The computer came with instructions on how to burn this partition
  on a DVD, so you would be left no nothing if the drive has crashed.
  This should have been the first thing you did when you got the
  computer.

• where can I find the product key for win XP?

  Hello

  I'm new here.

  I just purschased a Lenovo SL500 of Hemini.

  I have a question to which they would not meet for me. I hope someone of you can.

  My laptop came with windows XP installed and Vista installation CD.

  I chose to stay with XP.

  The Windows sticker under the laptop is for Vista-online the 25 digit product key it has on it is for Vista and won't work for 'validate' my Windows XP and Windows Office software.

  Nowhere in the package I found no mention of a product key for XP.

  Please help me as to what I do now.

  Thank you.

  Hi Oingk,

  More [maybe all] computer manufacturers use the volume license key to install and activate Windows:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volume_license_key

  Preinstalled Windows OSes of lenovo is already active, it is surprising that yours is not enabled. I suggest you contact lenovo CS.

  In case you did a clean install, you must have created a recovery disc for XP first then these discs contain a picture of Windows preinstalled [pre-activated] and other lenovo software:- http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-68317

  As Microsoft Office, the version provided with thinkpads is the trial, unless expressly ordered a license at the time of purchase.

  It will be useful.