Fr Robert mentioned in a recent podcast a utility to retrieve the Product Key from an installed c...

[G+_Jim Sauber]

Fr Robert mentioned in a recent podcast a utility to retrieve the Product Key from an installed copy of Windows, but I don't remember. I am leery of downloading anything without a recommendation. Any recommendations for extracting the Product Key for a running Windows device? Thanks in advance.

[G+_Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ]

https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Backup-Windows-product-key-1a200645

 

Boom! :)

[G+_Jim Sauber]

Is there a recommended too. for Windows 7? I want to catalog my Product Keys

[G+_Tim D]

For all versions of Windows Microsoft lists this PowerShell script - https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Get-product-keys-of-local-83b4ce97

When you download, make sure to right-click and click "unblock" at the bottom - since it's downloaded from an untrusted source. Then in powershell execute

 

PS> . .\Get-ProductKey.ps1

(there's a space between the periods above)

PS> Get-ProductKey -Computername Box1

(replace Box1 with whatever your systems name is)

 

Enjoy!