Find windows 8/10 product key using PowerShell

Get Windows License Key using PowerShell

In this post, we will see how to find the original Windows Product Key using Command Prompt 

To find your Windows 10 Product Key, open a PowerShell window with administrative privileges, type the following command and hit Enter:

powershell "(Get-WmiObject -query ‘select * from SoftwareLicensingService’).OA3xOriginalProductKey"

Your Windows license key will appear! This will work on Windows 10/ 8.1.

Find windows 8/10 product key using CMD

In this post, we will see how to find the original Windows Product Key using Command Prompt 

Recover Windows product key using Command Prompt

From the Win+X Menu in Windows 10 / 8.1/8, open an elevated command prompt window run as administrator , type the following command and hit Enter:

wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey

Your Windows product key will be displayed.

Note: this command works on OEM base machine.

what is mean by OEM?

original equipment manufacturer (OEM) is a company that produces parts and equipment that may be marketed by another manufacturer.i.e prinstall Operating system.