Windows 11 Key

Chippy

Helpful hint for people asking for Windows keys:

ShowKeyPlus - available on the MS store - can retrieve the product key from your current Windows installation, and you can use this key to reinstall Windows with clean installation media.

Also, you can back up your existing drivers and restore them after the clean installation. Here’s how:

Open Command Prompt as Administrator and run the following command:

dism /online /export-driver /destination:C:\DriverBackup
Replace C:\DriverBackup with a path to a folder where you want to store the drivers.

After Reinstalling Windows, for any missing drivers:
Right-click the device and select Update driver.
Choose Browse my computer for drivers.
Point to the backup folder on the USB drive.

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Chippy

Hello there,

Thanks for your sharing.

Have a nice day!

syzygy

You can also find the key just looking at the correct place in the registry via regedit :
Computer \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE \Microsoft \Windows NT \CurrentVersion \SoftwareProtectionPlatform \BackupProductKeyDefault

Interesting thing here. I wrote that key down, and used it during a clean/wipe install. No problems.
BUT, I asked support for my key anyways, and they sent me a DIFFERENT key. I’ve no clue why.

Thanks for that dism driver lifehack. I only had to reinstall a couple, but that’s a useful trick! ;)

Chippy

You’re welcome. Just thought might help reduce the number of “Can I have a Windows key” requests ;-)

Have a good day also!