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Title: How to Change Windows 7 Product Key
Post by: riso on October 30, 2009, 09:53:25 AM
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In case you need to change product key of windows 7 and don’t know how to do it then here is small guide for how to change windows 7 product key.
How to Change windows 7 Product key
Method 1: Manual

1. Right Click on My Computer and Select Properties.

2. Wait a second for windows activation details to get populated.

3. Click on Change Product key link after your Windows 7 activation details are populated.
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4. Enter New Product Key and click on next to activate your windows 7


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Method 2: Command Prompt

1. Click on start and type command (cmd) with run as administrator option or check how to open elevated command prompt

2. Now type following command

“slmgr.vbs -ipk <insert your new product key here>”

3. To activate windows after changing the key, run “slmgr.vbs -ato”
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