{"id":51179,"date":"2015-06-30T21:14:33","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T21:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=51179"},"modified":"2015-06-30T21:15:20","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T21:15:20","slug":"2-ways-to-find-your-windows-product-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/2-ways-to-find-your-windows-product-key\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Ways to Find Your Windows Product Key"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/br><\/p>\n<p><i><font SIZE=\"2\">How to find the Windows product key for your PC.&#8211;PC Pitstop.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<h4>2 Ways to Find Your Windows Product Key<\/h4>\n<p>by Anand Khanse for The Windows Club<\/p>\n<p>When you enter, register and activate your copy of Windows, using a Retail key, the information is stored in the Windows Registry. 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