When do I need the Windows 8.1 product key? On a laptop that came with Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 preinstalled, we never need to enter the Windows 8.1 product key manually. If we reinstall (Home, Professional, or Windows with Bing), the installation process reads the product key automatically from the BIOS; we don't even get the product key prompt. The only reason to get the Windows 8.1 product key is if we want to transfer Windows to another PC.

After transferring Windows 8, we can on the second PC. How to get the Windows 8.1 product key from inside Windows In this scenario, the laptop that came with preinstalled Windows 8 has a fully functional Windows operating system. It doesn't need to be Windows 8; it could have Windows 7.

Serial Prepar3d V2 on this page. We just download the latest portable version for 32-bit or 64-bit Windows. After the download, we extract the.zip contents.and run the RW application. There, we select ACPI, then click on the MSDM tab, and we will find the Windows 8.1 product key. Get the Windows 8.1 product key without Windows Let's say we can't run Windows on the old laptop anymore.

Maybe there is something wrong, and Windows won't boot. Or we installed Linux, and the above applications won't work through WINE.

Donate now using PayPal and you'll receive your lifetime member activation code. I am a home user and I would like to donate now to get a lifetime License Key for. Nov 28, 2017 Learn about how to find your product key to activate Windows, and when you'll use a digital license instead. Manifold.exe /activateExt:serial,key Activate an extension. In the above, serial is the serial number and key is the Activation key. Because a System ID must be noted in order to get an Activation key with a serial number, the user must be able to launch Manifold interactively at least once on a machine to obtain the System ID.

So, now what? There are a couple of applications that can create a bootable environment that can detect the Windows 8.1 product key. For this guide, we will use. The installation is safe; it doesn't hide any toolbars or adware. After we run the program, we click on 'Burn Bootable CD/USB Disk Now!' We leave the default 'DO NOT Specify the Windows version'. We can either prepare the bootable environment on DVD, USB or create an ISO image for later use.

The program will first download the WinPE components from Microsoft.then format the USB drive (make sure you don't have any important data on it because it will be deleted).and begin writing the information on the drive. On a USB 2.0 drive, it shouldn't take more than a couple of minutes. After the disk is ready.we make sure to remove it safely, to avoid the chance of any data corruption. Then we of the laptop from which we want to get the Window 8.1 product key.

We boot from the Lazesoft recovery media and select the Lazesoft Live CD or USB option. At the recovery environment, we select the 'Find Windows Product Key' option. We confirm that we are using the free version for non-commercial reasons.and this is it. We get the Windows 8.1 product key, either through Windows or from the BIOS / UEFI. Can I use the Windows 8. Half Life Blue Shift Pc. 1 product key to activate Windows on another PC? The OEM product keys are tied to the particular motherboard of the first PC they are activated on, and won't automatically activate through the Internet on another PC.