After executing product key finder a simple window opens displaying your windows product key along with other product keys and serial numbers that product key finder can locate.
Windows 10 digital license key finder.
Digital license is an activation method in windows 10 that doesn t require a product key.
Windows 10 digital license when you upgraded from a previous version of windows or receive a new computer preinstalled with windows 10 what happened is the hardware your pc will get a digital entitlement where a unique signature of the computer will be stored on microsoft activation servers.
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The product key for new computers that come preinstalled with windows 10 has the product key stored within the motherboard firmware.
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.
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Since you upgraded from windows 8 1 to windows 10 using the free upgrade you should have a digital license instead of a product key.
In other words it shows the original windows key your computer came with.
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Depending on how you got your copy of windows 10 you ll need either a 25 character product key or a digital license to activate it.
The windows 10 settings app has a page for displaying your activation information including whether you have a digital license though your key isn t shown here.
Windows 10 refused to pick up the license automatically from my dell all in one which shipped with windows 8 but the windows oem product key tool from neosmart worked perfectly ran first time and produced a key that windows 10 was happy with.
If you upgraded to windows 10 for free from windows 7 or windows 8 1 you should have a digital license instead of a product key.
If you want the current key in use on your pc nirsoft s produkey is a good graphical tool for finding it.
If you ve installed windows with a different key since then or acquired a digital license it will be different from the current key in use on your pc.
We suggest using the activation troubleshooter and try activating windows 10 again.