Step 2: Click Start Recovery, and then the software begins to find the Product Keys and IDs for installed Microsoft Office, Windows Systems, other software, and programs. Step 3: After the recovery result comes out, click Save in the left upper side or Save To File at the bottom to save the product key to a document. If the computer is from the last two years, the product activation information is inside the BIOS itself and should activate the moment you connect to the internet. If it doesn't , give dell a call and they will have to give you support on it. If your computer originally came preinstalled with an OEM Windows 8/8.1 license, you can find the product key using this method: Press Windows key + X Click Command Prompt (admin) About MSDN or TechNet Product Keys They are genuine Microsoft product keys, they are actually retail licenses, but it is intended for a particular product channel either the Microsoft Software Developer Network (MSDN) or TechNet for IT Professionals who pay a subscription fee. The main purpose is for evaluation purposes. The embedded Windows 8 product key is an Acer OEM one. It will work if you have the recovery media. If you install a different copy of Windows 8, it should automatically ask for the product key, and you will need the product key that the different copy comes with. As far as I'm aware, you cannot use the embedded one on a non Acer disk/media. How to know my previous windows 10 home product key which has pre-installed on my laptop with original license, but now I installed pro which was activated by windows activator tool, as some features not enabling such as windows defender and action centre and even it is failing to installing latest creators update too. When I purchased my Windows 8 copy , my license key was sent to my email . Few weeks ago my email got corrupted or broken and all my emails got deleted for unknown to me reason . However the licenses key email was most important to me and now I'd like to ask you if there's a way to retrieve it back . Confirm you have Windows 10 Pro by typing winver in Search and select the top result. If it shows Windows 10 Enterprise then use the default Pro licence key in Settings > Update and security > Activation > Change product key. VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T. 113 people found this reply helpful. ·. Select Find my product key and enter the information requested to download software or get your product key. Here's how to view your product key in the Microsoft Store : Go to www.microsoftstore.com . To install a Product key. Open VAMT. In the left-side pane, select the product that you want to install keys onto. You can use the Filter function to narrow your search for computers by clicking Filter in the right-side pane to open the Filter Products dialog box. In the Filter Products dialog box, you can filter the list by computer name YgCV51Y.