{"id":2745,"date":"2013-07-10T09:13:57","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T09:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=2745"},"modified":"2013-07-10T09:15:05","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T09:15:05","slug":"2-options-to-find-windows-8-oem-product-key-easily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/2-options-to-find-windows-8-oem-product-key-easily\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Options to Find Windows 8 OEM Product Key Easily"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to find Windows 8 OEM product key? Even if you’ve formatted the hard drive or uninstall the OS, you can still retrieve your Windows 8 OEM product key from BIOS. <\/p>\n

If you’ve purchased a computer which comes pre-installed with OEM Windows 8, you will no longer see a sticker on the back or top of the machine with product key printed on it. Now computer manufactures are embedding the Windows 8 product key in the BIOS of computer’s motherboard. In this tutorial we’ll show you two options for you to find Windows 8 OEM product key easily!<\/p>\n

Option 1: Find Windows 8 OEM Product Key with RWEverything<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have your uninstalled Windows 8 or downgrade to Windows 7? That’s where RWEverything<\/a> comes to rescue. This is a free utility that enables you to access all hardware information in your computer’s BIOS, including the Windows 8 OEM product key. Here are the steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. First of all, download the proper version of RWEverything and save it on your computer. The download file is a self-extracting ZIP archive.<\/li>\n
  2. Extract the program from the zipped file, and double-click the RW.exe file to launch the program.<\/li>\n
  3. click ACPI<\/strong> icon from the top toolbar, and then click on the MSDM<\/strong> tab. You’ll find your Windows 8 OEM product key in the Data row.\n

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    Option 2: Find Windows 8 OEM Product Key with Product Key Finder<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Besides being written in BIOS, Windows 8 OEM product key is also encrypted and stored in the Windows Registry. Product Key Finder<\/a> is a simple program which can help you find Windows 8 OEM product key from Windows Registry.<\/p>\n

    I’ve tested both Product Key Finder and RWEverything on several Windows 8 pre-installed machines, and the product keys retrieved within these tool are correct. The biggest advantage of Product Key Finder is that it can also find Windows 8 product key from Non-OEM and Retail computers. Here are the steps of using Product Key Finder to recover Windows 8 OEM product key:<\/p>\n

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    1. Download and install Product Key Finder on your Windows 8 computer.<\/li>\n
    2. After installing it, launch the program.<\/li>\n
    3. Click on Start Recovery<\/strong> button, and then choose the “From current system” option from the pop-up menu.\n

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    4. The program will display your Windows 8 OEM product key, as well as CD keys for Microsoft Office, SQL Server and many other software.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      How to find Windows 8 OEM product key? Even if you’ve formatted the hard drive or uninstall the OS, you can still retrieve your Windows 8 OEM product key from BIOS. If you’ve purchased a computer which comes pre-installed with OEM Windows 8, you will no longer see a sticker on the back or top […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,39],"tags":[1014,1408,1409],"class_list":["post-2745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-8","tag-find-windows-8-oem-product-key","tag-retrieve-windows-8-oem-product-key","tag-windows-8-oem-product-key"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2745"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2748,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2745\/revisions\/2748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}