How do I find out which product key was used to activate Windows?
For Windows 7, 8, 10 you can use the slmgr command line program to reveal a portion of the key to help narrow it down.
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Open Start Menu, then type:
cmd
Right click CMD application in the search listing
Then click "Run as administrator"
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At the command prompt, type the following and press enter:
slmgr -dli
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Wait for a little window to appear and then look at the value to the right of "Partial Product Key:"
Compare with and match to your windows product keys at hand. Note that this reveals the right most part of the ................-3V66T
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