Can I find Windows / Office license nos easily?

Savvy_Sue

We have a number of computers at work bought at different times, and we have a number of multiple Windows and Office licences also bought at different times.

So I'm trying to suss out which licences have been used where.

Is there an easy way of doing this? eg when I go to the Help page on an Office document, it doesn't show the license no, all I can do is change it, which is NOT what I want to do!

agrinnall

A quick google would have given you some pointers. I can't vouch for it's accuracy but here's one example:

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Find-your-Office-product-key-after-installation-026bc81b-6b2f-4052-b433-f41e6cc31c5a

pappa_golf

not sure it will help you


https://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/

Savvy_Sue

Answering my own question:

I've found this for checking Windows and this for Office.

But I wouldn't call either of them 'easy'!

Savvy_Sue

And believe it or not, I did try google initially, but was getting nowhere fast ...

debitcardmayhem

Produkey from nir sofer http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html

John_Gray

+1 for Produkey - but beware that there's often no definitive answer to the question "what Product Key was used to install Windows?" other than that found on the hologrammed sticker on the bottom/side of the case. or maybe in the battery compartment of a laptop...

Belarc Advisor also gives this information.

Jivesinger

John_Gray wrote: »

beware that there's often no definitive answer to the question "what Product Key was used to install Windows?" other than that found on the hologrammed sticker on the bottom/side of the case. or maybe in the battery compartment of a laptop...

... which doesn't exist on machines supplied with Windows 8 or later. (Well the hologram is there, but no key.)

J_B

pappa_golf wrote: »

not sure it will help you


https://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/

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