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I am looking for a Product key finder for all of my window 7 computers. Is there a way to have a network scanner scan all product keys on my network. without going to each computer

@Spiceworks @Microsoft

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Produkey from Nirsoft will do exactly what you want and more:

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think you can use this magic jelly bean program too

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What’s your reasoning for wanting the keys? For the most part, the way things are installed these days, the keys are not really of any use.

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If you used the free upgrade to WIn 10, those keys are worth the cost of an upgrade, because without them, you’ll have to purchase that same upgrade if you change out hardware that triggers re-activation… so Keys will be around for some time…

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Ummm… if you change out hardware? The only thing that should really cause that would be a motherboard change and the OEM license sticks with the board, so you are meant to buy a new license if you change that.

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Not for the free upgrade, MS will allow you to reinstall under those circumstances. Been there recently, and was advised to save my license keys by Microsoft for that very reason. Even if your OS gets hosed and you need to reinstall, those license keys were vital in reloading my system and getting them back to WIN 10 when a Mboard went bad and had to be changed out. Apparently, not all replacement motherboards come with keys… Most especially if you are replacing it yourself with a retail board.

Even though we are told license keys are gone, they are still present under the hood for items that are no longer useful, they can be found and actually used oddly enough; and those keys remain very useful.

A lot of gamers and small businesses will do this because gamers want to get the best mix of hardware they can find, and small businesses tend to keep their systems long after the warranty is gone. My last Motherboard replacement from Dell did not actually come with a key; so apparently that does happen too. in that case, I used the key I had in my possession to reinstall and activate WIn 10.

This is especially true if you happen to purchase a Win 8 system and elected to downgrade to Win 7 due to the crappy nature of that particular OS; something a lot of people did, myself included.

The lesson here: Blanket statements aren’t always big enough to cover everyone.

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If you replace a MB your OEM license dies. That’s how the OEM license is written. I’m not sure why someone from MS would have said something different to you, but as always when dealing with people you can sometimes get odd answers.

A retail board will certainly not come with an OEM license attached to it, as you saw. No reason to expect it to, of course - only big name machines (Dell, HP, etc.) supply MBs with the license in the BIOS. Smaller companies still need stickers and self builders are supposed to be using full retail licenses.

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Not sure what you mean by this… the Win8 key in BIOS is perfectly valid for a Windows 10 upgrade. Why would downgrading to 7 cause a problem with a reinstall of 7 or an upgrade to 10?