How to recovery the Windows 7 product key

Anonymous
2011-01-10T14:38:21+00:00

original title: Hi i have an activated win7 pro version. It is running slow now days and i was thinking to reinstall it but the big problem is that I have lost the serial Key.

Hi i have an activated win7 pro version. It is running slow now days and i was thinking to reinstall it but the big problem is that I have lost the serial Key. any one know how i get it back from my pc? I am really stuck! Any help will be great.

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Anonymous
2011-01-10T14:44:48+00:00

Here are some utilities, all of which will display your product keys:

Belarc Advisor: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

(It does a good job of providing a wealth of information.)

Also: http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml

and: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html

Note: Also check the side of your PC case or bottom of the laptop for the

OEM key code. If there is a sticker with the code it will most likely not

match what is displayed by the utilities mentioned above as OEMs such as

Dell use an internal key code when they build your PC.

The key code on the sticker is for use with your Windows CD

(that hopefully came with your PC)

if you ever need to reinstall Windows.

JS

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-12-14T11:44:52+00:00

    Noel

    I think that you will find that Home Basic was the edition for emerging markets.

    Windows 7 Starter was specifically for low powered netbooks, in 32-bit only, such that Netbook users would get more than three hours from a full charge and, during that time, would be able to open and use WordPad before the charge runs out.. :-)

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-12-14T11:23:46+00:00

    Windows 7 Starter is available in certain areas of the world through normal OEM System Builder  channels as well (chiefly what might be called Third World countries). I'm not sure whether these are Geo-Blocked Keys or not.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-12-14T11:03:44+00:00

    Where did you get the disks?

    I have always been led to believe that Windows 7 Starter was a pre-install, mainly on Netbooks, and could NOT be bought as a separate item.

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