Alternate Ways To Find Windows 10 Product Key If you’ve got the Windows key but need Windows installation media, feel free to visit our ‘legal’ Windows download guide. You can also use some third-party software to recover your license key. If these methods don’t solve your problem, you need to contact Microsoft Support or your OEM for Windows activation. KeyOutput = Mid(Chars, Cur + 1, 1) & KeyOutput MsgBox ConvertToKey(WshShell.RegRead("HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId"))
So, just copy and paste the following script in a Notepad window and save it as “productkey.vbs” by choosing the “All Files” option in “Save as type.” Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") This script translates the Registry values into a readable format.
Now, using a simple VBScript–some of you might have seen it on Microsoft forums–you can read all the binary gibberish written in Windows Registry. To go ahead with this method, you need to boot into your Windows computer. Note that this method also works for OEM and Retail licenses. That way, you can access the full, unrestricted version of Windows 11 without runnng afoul of Microsoft.This step will promptly show your Windows key. We now know that’s not quite correct.ĭespite this clever piece of prompt engineering, there are legitimate ways to get Windows 11 for free. At the time, it was thought that ChatGPT probably could not be used to conjure up genuine Windows 11 keys, since later editions of Windows use a more complex method of creating keys. In April 2023, someone used ChatGPT to create working Windows 95 keys by tricking it into generating the sequence of numbers commonly used in the keys. Still, it’s not the first time we’ve seen ChatGPT be used to obtain working Windows license keys. The keys generated were generic license keys, which means that while they will allow you to install or upgrade Windows, the resulting version of the operating system will be restricted and some features will be limited. There’s a catch Hatice Baran / Unsplashĭespite this method seemingly providing a free gateway to unrestricted Windows 11 and Windows 10 keys, there is actually a catch.
Simply requesting a Windows 11 Pro key and then pasting it into the license key box in Windows’ Settings app under About > Product key and activation seemed to work. So, it seems that Microsoft’s artificial intelligence tool is not the only one vulnerable to this method.Īs well as that, showed how a similar technique could be used to upgrade from Windows 11 Home to Windows 11 Pro. The same technique also worked on Google Bard, which also generated a set of genuine Windows 10 keys.
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