Windows 8 Product key

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If you activated by phone and ATM requests the Product Key then you used a MAK key. It is removed from the registry and is not recoverable by the end user.
You had the key when you installed it, figure out which key you used and paste that in the ATM dialogue.

Otherwise just manually backup the entire Store Folder:

Code:

C:\Windows\System32\spp\store

You need to enable show hidden files and in the store folder you should see:
data.dat
tokens.dat

Cache folder is not required.

If you re-install on the same hardware you copy back the backup of the 2 files and that should solve your problem without needing the product key.
This applies to windows 8 not Windows 7 hence the default requirement by ATM as it backups Win7 and Win8.

 

Everybody was starting sometimes with something or even anything!! While understandable for an Newbie it isn't for an "older" member of MDL, which didn't means that any "old" member should or would know what to do, some still wouldn't!

As a matter of fact, those Keyfinder didn't working correctly at all times, some just didn't giving any informations or just limited. The Keyfinder you posted the link to, will gives you the WMC Key if WMC is installed but the real Windows 8 Key! Other Keys, which that program list the Program Name, will not displayed and even wrong for some Apps.

IMOH not very trust- and therefore useful!

 

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If you checked the thread that you linked to you would know that there will be no W8 loader by Daz or anybody else for that matter

 

Will be an infinite wait, i guess. There won´t be a loader for Win 8 by Daz!

 

Should be in registry at:

Code:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\
"DigitalProductId"

Even if the key is deleted in the previous registry entry, a copy of the key should also be saved here:

Code:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DefaultProductKey\
"DigitalProductId"

With this little modified script from "Daz" you should be able to read it:

Code:

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Key = "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DefaultProductKey\"
DigitalID = WshShell.RegRead(key & "DigitalProductId")


ProductID = "Product ID: " & WshShell.RegRead(Key & "ProductID") & vbNewLine
ProductKey = "Installed Key: " & ConvertToKey(DigitalID)
ProductID = ProductName & ProductID & ProductKey

If vbYes = MsgBox(ProductId & vblf & vblf & "Save to a file?", vbYesNo + vbQuestion, "Windows Key Information") then
   Save ProductID
End if

Function ConvertToKey(Key)
    Const KeyOffset = 52
    isWin8 = (Key(66) \ 6) And 1
    Key(66) = (Key(66) And &HF7) Or ((isWin8 And 2) * 4)
    i = 24
    Chars = "BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789"
    Do
        Cur = 0
        X = 14
        Do
            Cur = Cur * 256
            Cur = Key(X + KeyOffset) + Cur
            Key(X + KeyOffset) = (Cur \ 24)
            Cur = Cur Mod 24
            X = X -1
        Loop While X >= 0
        i = i -1
        KeyOutput = Mid(Chars, Cur + 1, 1) & KeyOutput
        Last = Cur
    Loop While i >= 0
    If (isWin8 = 1) Then
        keypart1 = Mid(KeyOutput, 2, Last)
        insert = "N"
        KeyOutput = Replace(KeyOutput, keypart1, keypart1 & insert, 2, 1, 0)
        If Last = 0 Then KeyOutput = insert & KeyOutput
    End If
    a = Mid(KeyOutput, 1, 5)
    b = Mid(KeyOutput, 6, 5)
    c = Mid(KeyOutput, 11, 5)
    d = Mid(KeyOutput, 16, 5)
    e = Mid(KeyOutput, 21, 5)
    ConvertToKey = a & "-" & b & "-" & c & "-" & d & "-" & e
End Function

Function Save(Data)
    Const ForWRITING = 2
    Const asASCII = 0
    Dim fso, f, fName, ts
    fName = "Windows Key.txt"
    Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    fso.CreateTextFile fName
    Set f = fso.GetFile(fName)
    Set f = f.OpenAsTextStream(ForWRITING, asASCII)
    f.Writeline Data
    f.Close
End Function

 

Windows 8 Free Download ( Product Key / 32bit / 64bit )

 

why the hell do you try to get retail keys for free you won't be able to activate... use kms activation instead