How to find out Windows 10 version entitlement for ex lease laptop?

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#288762 21-Jul-2021 19:01

Can anyone advise me as to how to find out which version of Windows a laptop is entitled to run (through hardware key) for an ex lease PC I am setting up which currently has Windows 10 Enterprise on (short of installing Windows 10 on it and letting it do it own thing and activate)? It's currently working and I don't want to nuke it from orbit without knowing what is going to happen.

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#2747811 21-Jul-2021 19:14

Any sticker on it? What brand, is it a Dell by any chance? If so you can punch the Service Tag into Dell's site and it will tell you what it shipped with.

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#2747839 21-Jul-2021 20:13

Running the following command to get the product key from the bios - "wmic path SoftwareLicensingService get OA3xOriginalProductKey"

Chances are if it is running Enterprise the OEM licence will be Pro as Enterprise requires a valid pro licence.

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#2747843 21-Jul-2021 20:20

That will get the key

try "wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKeyDescription" to get the description and "wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKeyPkPn" to get the Microsoft Product SKU

Some one better with powershell might be able to put all that into one command that formats the output :)

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#2747961 22-Jul-2021 08:27

Thank you all, I think I have the info I need to proceed now, much appreciated.

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#2748086 22-Jul-2021 11:33

clinty:

Some one better with powershell might be able to put all that into one command that formats the output :)

Get-WmiObject -Class softwarelicensingservice | Select OA3*

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