Windows 10: when “wmic path SoftwareLicensingService get OA3xOriginalProductKey” fails, try ProduKey from NirSoft.
Posted by jpluimers on 2021/05/03
Somehow, many Windows 10 systems, when I try on an Administrative command prompt wmic path SoftwareLicensingService get OA3xOriginalProductKey, the result is empty:
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17763.475] (c) 2018 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\WINDOWS\system32>wmic path SoftwareLicensingService get OA3xOriginalProductKey OA3xOriginalProductKey C:\WINDOWS\system32>
On those systems, [Wayback] NirSoft ProduKey always works.
Having a product key at hand is a great help when re-installing Windows 10: often it does not automatically obtain a digital license on the same hardware.
Most of those systems have been upgrades from previous Windows versions, but not all of them: even some new systems have this behaviour.
Related:
- [WayBack] How to Find Your Lost Windows or Office Product Keys
- [WayBack] Windows 10 – This product key didn’t work. Please check it and try – Microsoft Community
- [WayBack] GitHub – Superfly-Inc/ShowKeyPlus: Windows product key finder and validation checker (which I have not tried yet, see interesting screenshots below)
- [WayBack] How to find windows 10 product key using command prompt 2019
–jeroen
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