Recover MS Windows 11 Pro Product Key?

tdfunk · 发表于 2022-10-16 03:58:47

Hello, BeeLink,

I previously sent an email to pc-support@bee-link.com requesting the replacement of a lost Windows 11 Product Key for a recently-purchased GTR-5900HX.

That email has not even received an auto-responder confirmation, much less an actual response. Is this normal for BeeLink support emails (no automatic confirmation)?

Could someone at BeeLink support take a minute to let me know that this email was received? If it was not, I can easily resend it to a different address. I'd very much appreciate your assistance.

The subject line of the email matches this message's title and email return address is the same as associated with this account.

Thank you for your help.

-- tom
Tom Funk

rmarion59 · 发表于 2022-10-16 04:18:28

You may not be lucky in finding "the" product key!

Beelink GTR5 5900HX Support Page
https://www.bee-link.com/cms/support/driverhardware?product_id=42

Windows 11 Pro (Pre-Activated when installed on your mini PC device)
Windows 11 PRO System of GTR5 5900HX, (2022-05-10)

You must download the huge file. You may want to download the "Reinstall System Tutorial" from this page too.

If you need to reinstall... the install process is simple. All you need is a NTFS formated Flash Drive where you will unzip the Windows 10 Pro (huge file) then Boot and hit <F7> for Boot Menu, select you UEFI USB Flash Drive then install Windows 11 Pro. It's not 22H2 so you'll have to run Windows Update several times, install your Anti-Virus, other Pass and data.

I hope it helps,

R

p.s.- My GTR5 returns NF6HC-QH89W-F8WYV-xxxxx-xxxxx but it is different on another machine.

rmarion59 · 发表于 2022-10-16 04:19:21

Beelink GTR5 5900HX Support Page
https://www.bee-link.com/cms/support/driverhardware?product_id=42

Windows 11 Pro (Pre-Activated when installed on your mini PC device)
Windows 11 PRO System of GTR5 5900HX, (2022-05-10)

You must download the huge file. You may want to download the "Reinstall System Tutorial" from this page too.

If you need to reinstall... the install process is simple. All you need is a NTFS formated Flash Drive where you will unzip the Windows 10 Pro (huge file) then Boot and hit <F7> for Boot Menu, select you UEFI USB Flash Drive then install Windows 11 Pro. It's not 22H2 so you'll have to run Windows Update several times, install your Anti-Virus, other Pass and data.

I hope it helps,

R

p.s.- My GTR5 returns NF6HC-QH89W-F8WYV-xxxxx-xxxxx but it is different on another machine.

rmarion59 · 发表于 2022-10-16 04:19:55

My GTR5 returns NF6HC-QH89W-F8WYV-xxxxx-xxxxx but it is different on another machine.

rmarion59 · 发表于 2022-10-16 04:22:56

You won't be lucky in finding the product key so you could install using an .ISO file from M$ or other sources. The Beelink product key is specific for Beelink machines so you may have to download Windows 11 Pro from the suipport site etc...

I hope it helps!

tdfunk · 发表于 2022-10-16 04:53:28

Hi, marion59,

Thanks for your response.

I've already downloaded and reinstalled Windows 11 Pro on this machine. I now need the OEM Product Key (the alphanumeric code of the form XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX) for the old Windows 11 installation to activate Windows. Manufacturers are assigned blocks of OEM Product Key for use with their OEM installations of Windows products.

Microsoft Product Keys are uniquely assigned to OEM products via some automated manufacturing method, tied to some identifier on the product (e.g., serial number, etc.). These Product Keys are automatically embedded into the OEM installation of the Windows product via some form of automation. To make this happen, a link between a specific machine and a specific Product Key is usually stored in a database somewhere. This database is accessible to the manufacturing process, but is often available to product support services, as well. For many manufacturers, product support engineers can look up a machine's unique identifier to find the associated Product Key. If this lookup isn't possible, then a new product key can be "burned" from the pool of available keys and given to the owner of the purchased hardware.

Under the terms of Microsoft's OEM Windows licensing, an installation of a Windows product requires a Product Key and that product key is uniquely assigned to the hardware purchased. The purchaser of the installed Microsoft product is entitled to that Product Key (it may not even be transferrable). In fact, it used to be that OEM manufacturers were required to provide OEM installation media (e.g., CDs or DVDs), upon request, for the OEM version of the Microsoft product installed. That's likely not the case anymore, due to the ubiquitousness of product downloads.

However, at a minimum, when a user purchases a computer with Windows installed, that user is entitled to an OEM Product Key for that Windows installation. This is mostly to ensure that Windows can be reinstalled on that machine in the event of a catastrophic disk failure that requires a reinstallation of Windows. However, it still applies in my case, since I wiped the drive and reinstalled Windows 11 Pro - that I'm entitled to a license for.

So, in short, BeeLink should be able to provide me (via email) either the original product key for my GTR-5900HX or a replacement key.

But I appreciate you taking the time to respond.

-- tom
Tom Funk

tdfunk · 发表于 2022-10-16 04:54:05

rmarion59 replied at 2022-10-16 04:22
You won't be lucky in finding the product key so you could install using an .ISO file from M$ or oth ...

Hi, marion59,

Thanks for your response.

I've already downloaded and reinstalled Windows 11 Pro on this machine. I now need the OEM Product Key (the alphanumeric code of the form XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX) for the old Windows 11 installation to activate Windows. Manufacturers are assigned blocks of OEM Product Key for use with their OEM installations of Windows products.

Microsoft Product Keys are uniquely assigned to OEM products via some automated manufacturing method, tied to some identifier on the product (e.g., serial number, etc.). These Product Keys are automatically embedded into the OEM installation of the Windows product via some form of automation. To make this happen, a link between a specific machine and a specific Product Key is usually stored in a database somewhere. This database is accessible to the manufacturing process, but is often available to product support services, as well. For many manufacturers, product support engineers can look up a machine's unique identifier to find the associated Product Key. If this lookup isn't possible, then a new product key can be "burned" from the pool of available keys and given to the owner of the purchased hardware.

Under the terms of Microsoft's OEM Windows licensing, an installation of a Windows product requires a Product Key and that product key is uniquely assigned to the hardware purchased. The purchaser of the installed Microsoft product is entitled to that Product Key (it may not even be transferrable). In fact, it used to be that OEM manufacturers were required to provide OEM installation media (e.g., CDs or DVDs), upon request, for the OEM version of the Microsoft product installed. That's likely not the case anymore, due to the ubiquitousness of product downloads.

However, at a minimum, when a user purchases a computer with Windows installed, that user is entitled to an OEM Product Key for that Windows installation. This is mostly to ensure that Windows can be reinstalled on that machine in the event of a catastrophic disk failure that requires a reinstallation of Windows. However, it still applies in my case, since I wiped the drive and reinstalled Windows 11 Pro - that I'm entitled to a license for.

So, in short, BeeLink should be able to provide me (via email) either the original product key for my GTR-5900HX or a replacement key.

But I appreciate you taking the time to respond.

-- tom
Tom Funk

chairman67 · 发表于 2022-10-16 11:09:57

Edited by chairman67 at 2022-10-16 13:39

Tom, there will not be a Windows product key that can be retrieved. The Windows 11 on your GTR5 PC is an OEM digital license that is tied to the computer's hardware (motherboard) and is not transferrable to other computers.

Whenever you do a fresh install of Windows 11 on your GTR5 PC, Windows activation will happen automatically after installation when connected to the internet. A product key is not required.

The only way that you can have a 'Product Key' is by purchasing the Windows 11 software from the Microsoft Store. A purchased Windows license is transferrable to other PC devices by using the product key for activation. Hope this helps.

Support-03 · 发表于 2022-10-17 09:34:13

Hi Tom,

Sorry for the late reply.
The product key is sent to your email box.
Please check it.

jibunnokage · 发表于 2022-10-17 23:12:08

You can, get your product key, the real one, because Microsoft now links your account to digital keys. So the key you get form BeeLink is fine for installation, but once activation is done, you will almost always see on your system or Microsoft account, that activation was done via DIGITAL KEY. Get this, I installed Windows 11 Pro, using a Windows 8.1 valid key, the installation worked, and activation worked, but now the digital key in place is NOT the same as the original 8.1 key. Nor can the various apps pull the key ACTUALLY active, because Microsoft has protected the key such that it can't be seen via typical methods, it is now under DRM I suspect.