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How to Find Windows 7 Product Key from Registry

May 8th, 2013 by Admin

I need to do a fresh install of Windows 7. however the product key sticker is worn off to badly on the bottom of my laptop and can not be read. Is there a way out to get Windows 7 product key from my Windows installation?

Normally the product key could be located either on the Windows installation CD case or on the top/bottom of your machine. What to do if you have misplaced the installation CD or the product key sticker is worn out? Fortunately you can extract and get Windows 7 product key from your Windows registry. Windows 7, like any other versions of Windows, stores the product key inside the Windows registry, but it is in an encrypted form that is totally not understandable. This is where Product Key Finder program comes in.

Product Key Finder is a useful program which decrypts and retrieve Windows 7 product key easily. In this tutorial we’re going to walk you through how to find Windows 7 product key from registry.

How to Find Windows 7 Product Key from Registry?

Simply download and install Product Key Finder on your computer. After installing, run the program. Click on “Start Recovery” button, it will display a list of recovery options:

  • From current system
  • From non-booting system
  • From remote computer

Once you’ve chosen the first option, the program will automatically search the Windows registry on your local computer, and then decrypt and find your Windows 7 product key immediately.

If you need to find Windows 7 product key from a crashed or unbootable computer, choose the second option. It will require you to locate one of your Windows registry hives which is copied out from your crashed or unbootable computer. Click OK and it will display your Windows 7 product key in seconds.

The third option offers you to find Windows 7 product key from a remote computer. In order to obtain remote access to the Windows registry, you need to know the IP address and Windows logon credentials.

Conclusion

Besides finding Windows 7 product key, Product Key Finder can also help you retrieve lost Windows 8, Vista and XP product keys. After getting your lost CD keys, I recommend you print it out and put it somewhere safe.

How to Find Windows 7 Product Key from Your Current Computer

March 13th, 2013 by Admin

Ever been in situation where you need to re-install Windows 7 or the system is crashed? It must be a frustrating experience when you found out that you can’t locate Windows 7 product key because the product key sticker has been scratched and damaged. So now what to do, How to recover or find your lost product key?

Yes you can do that with simple and easy steps, there is a professional key finder program called Product Key Finder, which will help you to find Windows 7 product key from your current computer.

How to Find Windows 7 Product Key from Your Current Computer?

  1. Download and install Product Key Finder on your computer.
  2. Launch Product Key Finder and click the Start Recovery button. It will bring up a drop-down menu that provides three recovery mode: From current systemFrom non-booting system and From remote computer.

  3. To recover product keys from your current Windows installation, choose the first recovery mode.
  4. The program will scan your Windows registry and find your Windows 7 product key immediately.

Note that you need to run the Product Key Finder program before formatting the system. If you format the system and try to retrieve the keys, you would find nothing as the registry would be completely fresh with no data stored. Hence, make sure to recover/find your Windows 7 product key in advance and print a hard copy of all the serial keys and keep it in your shelf.

How to Recover Windows 7/Vista/XP Product Key with Ease

June 3rd, 2012 by Admin

There could be number of occasions when you need to recover product key from installed Windows OS. If you are geek enough you may dig into Windows registry to find product key but for normal users it may not be possible to recover easily.  So how to recover lost Windows product key without having to buy a new copy of Windows?

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to recover Windows 7/Vista/XP product key with ease.  To get started,  we need to use a popular key finder program – Product Key Finder. It enables you to recover lost Windows product keys and backup them to prevent from losing your valuable licenses.

How to Recover Windows Product Key

  1. First you need to download Product Key Finder onto your computer and then install it.
  2. Launch Product Key Finder program and then click Start Recovery button. Choose the From current system option.
  3. The program will decrypt and recover your lost Windows product key immediately.
  4. Last you can click the Save To File button to save the recovered product key to a file for safe keeping.

Product Key Finder can also help you recover product keys for other software such as Microsoft Office, SQL Server, Exchange Server, Visual Studio, VMWare, Adobe Reader, etc.

How to Recover Lost Product Keys on Windows 7

March 25th, 2012 by Admin

Lost your product key somewhere but now you have to reformat Windows 7 system and you cant find the box that contain the key. How to recover lost product keys on Windows 7? The product keys of installed Windows programs will lost after reinstalling the operating system or in the event of a system crash. So you’ll know the importance of performing regular backups to save your product keys in case of a system failure.

In this article, we’ll provide a way to quickly and easily recover and backup the product keys for most commercial software installed on your local computer. To get started you need to download and install the latest version of Product Key Finder. Then follow these steps:

How to Recover Lost Product Keys on Windows 7

  1. Launch the Product Key Finder program.

  2. Click the Start Recovery button, it will bring up a drop-down menu that provides three recovery mode: From current system,From non-booting system and From remote computer.
  3. Select the From current system mode from the drop-down menu. This program will automatically scan your Windows 7 system for product keys. Quickly recover and display product keys for Windows 7, Office, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Reader, SQL Server, VMware Workstation, MS Exchange and and many other software products installed in your Windows 7 system.
  4. Click the Save To File button to backup all of the recovered product keys to a safe place, or even print it out so all of your Windows 7 product keys are available on one sheet of paper.