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How to Find Your Windows 10 Product Key Using the Command Prompt

General / Shrike / March 11, 2020 / Windows Activation, Windows Admin, Windows Key, Windows Reinstallation

Author: Marshall GunnellOriginal Post: https://www.howtogeek.com/660517/how-to-find-your-windows-10-product-key-using-the-command-prompt/ If you’re looking for your Windows 10 product key, you can find it by entering a quick command in the Command Prompt. Here’s how—plus a neat little trick for finding the product key using a Windows Registry method. Find Your Windows 10 Product Key Using the Command Prompt To find […]

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You Can Still Get Windows 10 for Free With a Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 Key

General / Shrike / January 14, 2020 / Windows Activation, Windows Admin, Windows Key

Author: Chris HoffmanOriginal Post: https://www.howtogeek.com/266072/you-can-still-get-windows-10-for-free-with-a-windows-7-8-or-8.1-key/ Microsoft’s free Windows 10 upgrade offer is over–or is it? There’s still a way to activate Windows 10 with a Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 key, in addition to Microsoft’s accessibility offer. Update: We originally wrote this article in 2016, but this upgrade trick still works as of January 14, 2020. You

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How to Reactivate Windows 10 After a Hardware Change

General / Shrike / October 29, 2019 / Windows Admin, Windows Key, Windows Reinstallation

Author: Kevin ParrishOriginal Post: https://www.howtogeek.com/444351/how-to-reactivate-windows-10-after-a-hardware-change/ Did your PC suffer a catastrophic failure requiring new hardware? Have you upgraded to better components and Windows 10 just doesn’t recognize your PC? This guide shows you how to reactivate Windows 10 after a hardware change. What Counts As a Hardware Change? That’s an area even Microsoft won’t fully

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How to Create a Local Account While Setting Up Windows 10

General / Shrike / October 2, 2019 / Account Creation, Windows Admin

Author: Chris HoffmanOriginal Post: https://www.howtogeek.com/442792/how-to-create-a-local-account-while-setting-up-windows-10/ Windows 10 tries its hardest to make you use a Microsoft account. The option was already hidden, but now it’s not even offered on Windows 10 Home while you’re connected to the internet. Here’s how to create a local account anyway. We tested this out with the latest stable version

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Resetting Administrator Password in Windows 2012

General / Shrike / September 18, 2013 / Password Recovery, Windows Admin, Windows Server

Author: KieranOriginal Post: http://www.kieranlane.com/2013/09/18/resetting-administrator-password-windows-2012/ A few months ago I wrote a post about Resetting Administrator Password in Windows 2008. I thought I would see if the same worked for Windows 2012. Thankfully it does, with a few newer looking screens and a change in the paths. So here is the updated process which I did on

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