


If you want additional coverage, including accidental damage coverage, you can purchase Microsoft Complete when you purchase your device or within 45 days of purchase. Technical support provides help and technical assistance for preinstalled software for the first 90 days after purchase. The standard warranty covers hardware defects only and does not provide any coverage for accidental damage. And here what’s the limited warranty means (according to Microsoft): Most Surface devices will come with a one-year limited hardware warranty and 90-days of technical support. In the resulting cmd.Microsoft has offered a standard warranty for all your Surface devices, including PC and Surface-branded accessories.Type cmd in the run box dialogue you have summoned, and hit the enter key.

Press the Windows key and R keys simultaneously.We will provide a short guide and link to these alternative processes in the FAQ at the bottom of this article. Alternatively, you can search for the Windows 10 product key in RegEdit – or download a freeware app, run it, and it will spit out your key. So what do you do if you have a PC with an activated copy of Windows 10 and want to find that product key? A solution for everyone that requires a bit of command prompt typing is quite quick and easy if you follow our walkthrough below.

On the other hand, you might need your product key for some OS downgrade / upgrade projects you have planned. On one hand, this makes it easy to reinstall Windows from scratch – there is no need to hunt around for and type in a 25-digit alphanumeric product key as it is remembered by Microsoft’s activation servers. Since that time, Microsoft has been activating Windows with a digital licence, tied to your system’s hardware fingerprint. Microsoft and its systems partners stopped providing stickers and certificates with Windows product keys printed upon them starting with the introduction of Windows 8.1. Our guide is specifically for users of Windows 10, but the method and commands might work with, or be similar on, other Windows versions. In this guide, we will show you how to unearth this key. Moreover, among all the Device IDs, Product IDs, and so on in the ‘About your PC’ section of the system control panel, there is no information about your Windows product key. If you have bought a new laptop or desktop PC in the last few years, it won’t have come with a product key on a sticker or certificate of authenticity (COA).
