Windows 10 Scratch To Reveal Product Key

If your product key is scratched blurred or otherwise unusable contact the retailer who sold you the product.

Windows 10 scratch to reveal product key.

What you ll see is product key. Microsoft changed their entire policy regarding keys with windows 8. This is kind of a. Then scroll down get your last 5 characters of your key copy this or write it down.

Coa sticker may contain the concealment panel which consists of a small clear label with removable silver scratch off material that has been applied to conceal a portion of the 25 characters of the product key. A digital license called a digital entitlement in windows 10 version 1511 is a method of activation in windows 10 that doesn t require you to enter a product key. For more information about digital licenses and product keys in windows 10 see the methods of activation section in activate windows 10. On this sticker gently scratch off the silver microsoft portion to reveal the full product key.

Users can retrieve it by issuing a command from the command prompt. Locate the windows 10 product key sticker on the computer. Please use a finger nail to gently scratch the silver surface off. Change your windows product key click that option.

Then press windows key type. On a laptop this would typically be on the bottom and on a desktop it would be on one of the sides of the case. If you aren t able to get help from your retailer or have already tried and couldn t get a working key call microsoft support. New computers aren t supposed to be shipped with product keys.

Regedit registry will open now press cntrl f to search registry. A product key is a 25 character code used to activate windows.