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Windows product key via registry. For an OS serial number, in many versions of Windows, it is stored in the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows NT CurrentVersion DigitalProductId, however it is in some encoded form and needs to be decoded to get the product key.
Does anyone know of a way to get the product key that was used to activate Windows 8?
Bonus points for an updated algorithm to extract the product key from the registry key.
While I realize this question has been asked for other versions of Windows, it looks like like many of the older activation key detection tools do not work with Windows 8. Most seem to return strings of the right form (e.g. 5 x 5 characters) but they do not match the actual product key.
UPDATE : This question was originally asked when Windows 8 was first released. It seems most of the tools now handle Win8 properly . . .
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ernieernie6 Answers
I have been using Nirsoft's ProduKey. It works with Windows 8.
ProduKey is a small utility that displays the ProductID and the CD-Key of Microsoft Office (Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2007), Windows (Including Windows 7 and Windows Vista), Exchange Server, and SQL Server installed on your computer.
nixdaA utility has been released over at mydigitallife.info for this purpose
Windows 8 Product Key Viewer works for both version of Windows as 32-bit and 64-bit and it can
Decodes Windows Product Keys.
Decodes product keys with N character.
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Recover-Keys seems to be updated to work with Windows 8. It has always been my go to Utility for recovering Product keys.
Jared TritschJared TritschThe free OEM Product Key Tool from NeoSmart Technologies is probably the most straight-forward way of doing this. Just run the standalone exe and it'll come up in the main dialog like this:
Unlike other tools, it pulls the key from the ACPI tables, meaning it'll get the embedded Windows 8 product key even if Windows has been formatted.
Disclosure: I'm the author of this tool
Mahmoud Al-QudsiMahmoud Al-QudsiYes there is another program SterJo Key Finder not only for Windows 8, but also can recover the new Office 2013 key
The freeware Magical Jelly Bean has also been updated to handle Windows 8 keys
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