Solved I need help getting my windows 7 product key.

[Naro]

So today, being not to smart i re-installed my windows ultimate x64 and i didn't write my product key down. Is there anyway i can get it from the windows.old file?

Ive alreay tried magic jelly been finder and it gives me a key but i get a error when i try to activate it saying that it is a defualt key and it cant be used for verification

Any input would be awesome

 

[theog]

Type in product key from the COA on side of you PC.

 

[Naro]

Yeah, i got this key from my school, which dosent have a copy of it anymore. Its not on the side of my pc.

 

[seavixen32]

Where did you buy your Windows DVD?

If you bought it from Microsoft contact them and they will help you.

If you got it from a non-legitimate source then we can't help as forum rules preclude us from discussing that scenario.

What does amaze me is that it's always the product key that's gone missing, never the Windows DVD.

 

[seavixen32]

Then contact IT admin at your school. If they can't help you'll need to buy another product key.

 

[Naro]

To clarify.
When i was in school i took a class, a+ computer repair. We got windows 7 CD keys, i used mine and had it installed. Today i re-installed my win7 but forgot to write it down and the school dosent have the keys anymore (they wipe it for summer). The key IS legit.

 

[Naro]

Then contact IT admin at your school. If they can't help you'll need to buy another product key.

So theres no way to recover it from windows.old?

 

[theog]

As you are using School software have a word with the School IT Administrator.

 

[seavixen32]

'Fraid not.

 

[Naro]

As you are using School software have a word with the School IT Administrator.

Already shot him a email. Agien no way to recover it from windows.old? A yes/no answer would be sufficient.

And its not school software, it was given to me by the school.

 

[Naro]

'Fraid not.

Oh alright thanks for the help anyway.

 

[seavixen32]

You're very welcome.

 

[cluberti]

Then contact IT admin at your school. If they can't help you'll need to buy another product key.

So theres no way to recover it from windows.old?

Unfortunately, SeaVixen is correct. If your school had an educational volume license agreement, they could only provide you the key if you are still a student (even if it was yours when you were a student, and subsequently lost after leaving the school). Assuming this was the type of licensing they had at the time, they pay based on how many students or devices they expect to give licenses to, and those are covered for the time the student is at the school. If you had a key and left, the key should continue to work and activate as long as you have that operating system installation working. However, if you reinstall, it's no longer covered under that license unless you're still a student - so if you've left, and you ask for a key, they're not going to provide you one (even if you had a valid one before). You're going to unfortunately have to purchase a new license for your new install if this is the case. If you're still a student, and they've paid for enough licenses for that year or contract cycle to cover you, that's a different story, but if you've left you aren't likely to get them to give you a key and violate their licensing agreement.