Windows 7 - Trying to reinstall Windows 7 without a Product Key--Please help

yes i have an iso of windows 7

wtf-- i dont get why NONE of these programs retrieve the product key-- they all just say BBBBB-BBBB-BBBB-BBBBB

how is it that none of these programs can detect the key on my computer!? am i doing something wrong?

Hi,

I'm not sure this is of immediate help, but perhaps it might prompt someone else to come forward with a solution.

I have read that the BBB product key display is indicative of volume licences where the key is not stored in the registry : this is why tools like Belarc and others can't find it.

Where else could the key be stored?

JBs Powershell: Retrieveing the Windows Product Key
See if these steps will at leats allow you to view part of the key:

Click Start, then type cmd
Right click CMD and then click Run as administrator
At the command prompt type slmgr -dli and hit enter

Regards,
Golden

bump

Try confirming part of it with these steps:

Click Start, then type cmd
Right click CMD and then click Run as administrator
At the command prompt type slmgr -dli and hit enter

Regards,
Golden

ok great-- ill try it!

Hi,

Yes, in the search box.

Regards,
Golden

hmm interesting-- yeah it showed me 5 letters/numbers of the key...

any idea on how to get the rest of it? its a volume license key that i got through school last year, but they will no longer help me out since i graduated

Please read this thread about how to have a look at Windows 7 Product Key at windows 7 restore. You can install Tuneup Utilities as trialware and get your key. If you like Tuneup Utilities then you may purchase it after reinstalling Windows

Thanks-- I tried this but still no luck. It returns a product id, but again, the product key line is blank

Do those numbers correspond to the key you thought you got from Belarc? Although I see you have edited that post....

Regards,
Golden