{"id":685,"date":"2013-03-11T10:12:08","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T17:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/?p=685"},"modified":"2023-02-24T21:48:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T21:48:48","slug":"how-to-change-your-windows-product-key-after-install-activate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/2013\/03\/11\/how-to-change-your-windows-product-key-after-install-activate\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change Your Windows Product Key After Install &amp; Activate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you ever run into a situation where you need to change your product key so you can activate windows, there\u2019s a simple command line technique to do so.&nbsp; Simply open a command prompt and type in \u201c<font face=\"Courier New\">slmgr.vbs \u2013ipk [product key]<\/font>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2013\/03\/image37.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"image\" style=\"border-top: 0px;border-right: 0px;border-bottom: 0px;padding-top: 0px;padding-left: 0px;border-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2013\/03\/image_thumb34.png\" width=\"679\" height=\"150\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a few moments, the following message should appear.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2013\/03\/image38.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"image\" style=\"border-top: 0px;border-right: 0px;border-bottom: 0px;padding-top: 0px;padding-left: 0px;border-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2013\/03\/image_thumb35.png\" width=\"457\" height=\"145\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019re done that, type \u201c<font face=\"Courier New\">slmgr.vbs \/ato<\/font>\u201d to activate windows (see below)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2013\/03\/image39.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"image\" style=\"border-top: 0px;border-right: 0px;border-bottom: 0px;padding-top: 0px;padding-left: 0px;border-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2013\/03\/image_thumb36.png\" width=\"680\" height=\"111\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the following message should appear shortly afterwards if you did everything right.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2013\/03\/image40.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"image\" style=\"border-top: 0px;border-right: 0px;border-bottom: 0px;padding-top: 0px;padding-left: 0px;border-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2013\/03\/image_thumb37.png\" width=\"301\" height=\"176\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This works on Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you ever run into a situation where you need to change your product key so you can activate windows, there\u2019s a simple command line technique to do so.&nbsp; Simply open a command prompt and type in \u201cslmgr.vbs \u2013ipk [product key]\u201d After a few moments, the following message should appear. 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