Windows install bypass the Edition selection when it finds that key in BIOS storage, the workaround for this is to edit one of the file on the install media which forces it to always ask.
OTOH this stored BIOS license key can be a problem if you're trying to do a clean install of a DIFFERENT edition of Windows (like Pro while the machine came with Home). If it does have the stored key it goes up to 100%. So you might as well use the most well-known one, Magical Jelly Bean KeyFinder.Īnd in my experience Microsoft will 99 times out of 100 automatically detect and apply the correct key (as long as you select the right Windows Edition) even when doing clean installs on existing hardware even if you don't use a MS account for login and it doesn't have a BIOS stored license key. So really, only the first method should ever be used, there are other programs and tools that will work but there's no reliable methods that doesn't use tools! If there's no Windows OEM key in the BIOS it will be empty and if you've reinstalled using a different key it will give you the wrong key! It is useful as a way to access the key that comes with the hardware on most newer OEM machines but is no substitute for actually checking what license key Windows actually use.Īnd the third method usually? sometimes? returns a "digital key" that's only valid for the specific install - there's no real use for this since it can't be used even on the same hardware after a reinstall! I've also tried to replicate the same results by asking Microsoft's AI-powered chatbot, Bing Chat, to help me generate Windows 11 product keys.The OA3xOriginalProductKey method returns the Windows OEM license key stored in the BIOS for pre-installed machines where they used that method to store it - most OEMs do this because this is the only way where they DON'T need to physically affix a sticker with the key on the machine which saves them time. However, if you're buying a new device, you might not need one since laptop manufacturers often bundle Windows with their machines by pre-installing OEM activation keys on the device or even printing the product key on the device's box.
In most cases, you can buy Windows product keys directly from Microsoft. The product key features a string of 25 characters that is used to authenticate your copy of Windows. Microsoft uses Windows activation or product keys as a license to activate Windows. In April, a YouTuber managed to get ChatGPT to generate a set of keys for Windows 95, which worked.Īnd while it wasn't possible for the user to outrightly get the chatbot to generate the Windows keys, the user was able to manipulate it to achieve the desired end result.
This isn't the first time ChatGPT's AI capabilities have been leveraged to generate Windows keys.
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