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AuthorTopicTracey Capen
AskWoody MVPOctober 25, 2020 at 9:10 pm #2306988Viewing 3 reply threadsAuthorReplies-
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AskWoody PlusOctober 26, 2020 at 1:02 am #2307000Hi, I tried the solution Tracey mentions for obtaining the Windows 10 product key for an OEM system, which mine is. I got this response:
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18363.1139]
(c) 2019 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.C:\WINDOWS\system32>wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey
OA3xOriginalProductKeyC:\WINDOWS\system32>
Which is not quite the desired response… Suggestions?
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AskWoody PlusOctober 26, 2020 at 9:44 am #2307074Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18363.1139] (c) 2019 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\WINDOWS\system32>wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey
OA3xOriginalProductKey
C:\WINDOWS\system32>
I got the same as you on a Non-OEM, home built machine. W10 Pro 1909 18363.1082.
Don't take yourself so seriously, no one else does 🙂
All W10 Pro at 22H2,(2 Desktops, 1 Laptop).
Steve S.
AskWoody PlusOctober 26, 2020 at 5:40 pm #2307206I have an OEM desktop computer that came preinstalled with Win 10 Pro. Knowing the product key was attached to my specific hardware, I purchased a Win 10 Pro retail license from PC World magazine so I would be able to migrate the license to new hardware – if/when it became necessary. The special low price was worth some peace of mind I figured.
Wanting to confirm that the key was actually accepted, I used the command prompt method suggested. It returned my old key rather than the new one.
Digging further I turned off Windows Security real-time protection and ran Nirsoft’s produkey.exe directly from within the downloaded zip file. It ran perfectly and revealed two keys. A “Windows (BIOS OEM Key)” which was the same one that the command window method showed and a “Windows 10 Pro” key which turns out to be the retail key I had purchased and “upgraded” to.
So, I’m good to go after turning real-time protection back on.
Win10 Pro x64 22H2, Win10 Home 22H2, Linux Mint + a cat with 'tortitude'.
wavy
AskWoody PlusOctober 26, 2020 at 6:53 pm #2307216Just to be clear for current measurement one would need to split the power cord into line and neutral wires or use a AC Line Splitter.
see
https://www.amazon.com/Extech-480172-AC-Line-Splitter/dp/B0000YHN9W
https://www.instructables.com/CLAMP-THOSE-AMPS/🔌
🍻
Just because you don't know where you are going doesn't mean any road will get you there.BByg3223
AskWoody PlusOctober 29, 2020 at 11:08 pm #2308086The command to get the product key had an interesting result. This box had Windows 10 Home on it and I (legally) upgraded it to Windows 10 Pro. (Aside, a non-profit can legally do this as an upgrade instead of a new install.) Anyway, the wmic command return the product key for the original Home version. Belarc found both keys, though the Prod key was in the “(Key: ends with XXXXX)” form.
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