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.

  1. Open Start Menu, then type:

    cmd

  2. Right click CMD application in the search listing

  3. Then click "Run as administrator"

  4. At the command prompt, type the following and press enter:

    slmgr -dli

  5. Wait for a little window to appear and then look at the value to the right of "Partial Product Key:"

    Windows Script Host Window containing partial product key

  6. 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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