如果您正在寻找Windows 11产品密钥，即使只是将其存储在安全的地方，您也可能会发现没有明显的地方可以找到它。如果您已经有一段时间没有升级您的Windows版本，您可能不知道产品密钥发生了怎样的变化。好消息是查找Windows 11 产品密钥既快捷又简单。
您可能没有产品密钥
您应该知道的第一件事是您可能根本没有钥匙。某些版本的Windows 11（和Windows 10，就此而言）是使用数字许可证激活的。例如，您的笔记本电脑的主板可能与Windows的数字授权相关联，因此当您重新安装或升级到Windows 11时，它会自动更新和检测。
请记住，安装(Remember)Windows 11不需要产品密钥；您可以在完全安装后激活操作系统。也不急，因为除了水印和无法更改壁纸之外，Windows 11即使没有密钥也将完全正常运行。
因此，如果自动激活不起作用，请继续安装并担心密钥。即便如此，如果您过去曾这样做，将您的Microsoft 帐户(Microsoft Account)链接到本地安装的Windows 11应该会激活它。(Windows 11)即使是针对Windows 10等较旧的操作系统，在这两种情况下都不需要密钥，因此请先尝试。
您的旧产品密钥仍然很重要
如果您从Windows 10升级，但您选择执行全新安装而不是在线升级，您仍然可以使用随Windows 10副本提供的产品密钥。如果您从Windows 7或 8.1 升级到(Windows 7)Windows 10，您可以尝试使用这些密钥。虽然 Windows 11 无法从早于Windows 10的任何版本执行内联升级，但您可以使用符合条件的产品的任何密钥。
使用命令提示符
这很可能是在Windows 11中查找产品密钥的最简单方法。
- 打开开始菜单并键入命令提示符(Command Prompt)。
- 右键单击命令提示符条目(Command Prompt entry)并选择以管理员身份运行(Run as Administrator)
- 输入wmic path SoftwareLicensingService get OA3xOriginalProductKey并按Enter。
如果您有产品密钥，您应该会看到这样的结果。您所要做的就是把它写下来并保存在某个地方。虽然此方法很简单，但如果您没有Windows 11的运行副本，它也无济于事！
在您的邮箱中搜索收据
如果您从Microsoft购买了数字副本，您应该会收到一封来自他们的电子邮件，其中包含您的产品密钥。在我们的邮箱中搜索(Search)来自他们的电子邮件或包含短语“产品密钥”的消息，希望它会在那里等着您。
检查您的在线商店
如果您从Amazon等在线商店购买了Windows 11副本，您会在您的帐户详细信息中找到您的产品密钥。它应该在您的订单历史记录中，或者在亚马逊(Amazon)等平台的情况下，在专门用于数字许可产品的特殊部分中。
检查您的电脑是否有贴纸
虽然它不再那么常见，但您可能会发现您的产品密钥写在贴在计算机外部的贴纸上。这些贴纸通常有一个全息图来表示它们是真实的。
在笔记本电脑上，贴纸通常位于计算机的底部。在台式计算机上，它通常位于塔的背面。如果你在那里找不到它们，它们可能在另一个地方。如果它隐藏在奇怪的地方，询问计算机制造商或查看手册是一种选择。
检查光盘的物理包装
在撰写本文时，微软并未销售(Microsoft)Windows 11的实体盒装版本。毕竟，大多数人甚至没有光驱，直接从微软(Microsoft)网站下载 Windows 11媒体也很容易。(download Windows 11)尽管如此，如果出现零售盒子，您的钥匙应该在该盒子某处的卡片或贴纸上。
更有可能的情况是，如果您购买预建的台式机或笔记本电脑，则密钥将在计算机随附的文档包中。最有可能与构成计算机随附软件一部分的任何光盘一起使用。
询问您的公司系统管理员
除了与您的计算机硬件或Microsoft帐户相关联的零售副本产品密钥和数字激活之外，还需要考虑批量许可。
批量许可是一种出售给需要在数百台计算机上安装Windows的大公司的(Windows)Windows许可证。(Windows)如果您需要密钥的计算机属于我们的雇主，您应该向系统管理员寻求帮助。他们将有权访问批量许可证，因此可以将它们提供给您。
在没有密钥的情况下使用 Windows 11
正如我们上面提到的，微软通过(Microsoft)Windows 10改变了对Windows许可的态度。无需将未激活的用户锁定在操作系统之外，您只会收到关于您可以在多大程度上个性化Windows的温和提醒和限制。
你仍然会得到更新；您可以从Microsoft Store购买东西并使用GamePass和Microsoft 365等付费订阅。因此，如果您丢失了密钥并且没有其他方法可以激活Windows，您可以慢慢来，直到您准备好购买新密钥。
也就是说，如果您运行的是Windows 10的激活副本，则您有权免费升级Windows 11。(Windows)如果您无法使用之前的Windows密钥激活Windows 11 ，您应该联系Microsoft支持人员，根据我们的经验，他们总是能快速解决这些问题。
How To Find Windows 11 Product Key
If you’re looking for your Windows 11 product key, even if only to store it in a safe place, you may find that there’s no obvious place to find it. If it’s been a while since you’ve upgraded your version of Windows, you may not be aware of how product keys have changed. The good news is that finding your Windows 11 product key is quick and easy.
You Might Not Have a Product Key
The first thing you should know is that you may not have a key at all. Some versions of Windows 11 (and Windows 10, for that matter) are activated with digital licenses. For example, your laptop’s motherboard is likely linked to a digital entitlement for Windows, and so when you reinstall or upgrade to Windows 11, it’s automatically updated and detected.
Remember that you don’t need a product key to install Windows 11; you can activate the operating system after it’s fully installed. There’s no rush either, since other than a watermark and the inability to change your wallpaper, Windows 11 will be fully functional even without a key.
So go ahead with the installation and worry about a key if automatic activation doesn’t work. Even then, linking your Microsoft Account to the local install of Windows 11 should activate it if you’ve done so in the past. Even if it was for an older operating system such as Windows 10, you don’t need a key in both cases, so try them first.
Your Old Product Key Still Counts
If you’re upgrading from Windows 10, but you’ve chosen to do a clean reinstallation rather than an in-line upgrade, you can still use the product key that came with your copy of Windows 10. If you upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7 or 8.1, you could try using those keys. While Windows 11 can’t perform an inline upgrade from anything older than Windows 10, you can use whatever key you want to from an eligible product.
Use the Command Prompt
This is quite possibly the easiest way to find your product key in Windows 11.
- Open the Start Menu and type Command Prompt.
- Right-click on the Command Prompt entry and choose Run as Administrator
- Type wmic path SoftwareLicensingService get OA3xOriginalProductKey and press Enter.
You should see a result like this if you have a product key. All you have to do is write it down and save it somewhere. While this method is easy, it doesn’t help much if you don’t have a running copy of Windows 11!
Search Your Mailbox for a Receipt
If you bought your digital copy from Microsoft, you should have an email from them containing your product key. Search our mailbox for emails from them or for messages that contain the phrase “product key,” hopefully, it will be there waiting for you.
Check Your Online Store
If you bought your copy of Windows 11 from an online store such as Amazon, you’d find your product key within your account details. It should either be in your order history or the case of platforms such as Amazon, in a special section dedicated to digitally licensed products.
Check Your PC for Stickers
While it’s not that common anymore, you may find your product key written on a sticker attached to the outside of your computer. These stickers usually have a hologram to denote that they’re genuine.
On laptops, the sticker is usually on the underside of the computer. On desktop computers, it’s generally on the back of the tower. If you don’t find them there, they could be in another spot. Asking the computer manufacturer or checking the manual is one option if it’s hidden somewhere strange.
Check the Disc’s Physical Packaging
At the time of writing, Microsoft isn’t selling a physical boxed version of Windows 11. After all, most people don’t even have optical drives, and it’s easy enough to download Windows 11 media directly from the Microsoft site. Nonetheless, if retail boxes happen, your key should be on a card or sticker somewhere in that box.
A more likely scenario is that if you buy a prebuilt desktop or a laptop computer, the key will be inside the documentation pack that comes with the computer. Most likely with any discs that form part of the software the computer comes with.
Ask Your Company System Admin
Apart from retail copy product keys and digital activation linked to your computer hardware or Microsoft account, there’s also volume licensing to account for.
Volume licensing is a type of Windows license sold to large companies who need to put Windows on hundreds of computers. If the computer you need the key for belongs to our employer, you should ask the system administrator for help. They will have access to the volume licenses and so can provide them to you.
Using Windows 11 Without a Key
As we mentioned above, Microsoft changed its attitude to Windows licensing with Windows 10. Instead of locking unactivated users out of the operating system, you just get mild reminders and limitations on how much you can personalize Windows.
You’ll still get updates; you can buy stuff from the Microsoft Store and use paid subscriptions such as GamePass and Microsoft 365. So if you’ve lost your key and have no other way to activate Windows, you can take your time until you’re ready to purchase a new key.
That said, if you were running an activated copy of Windows 10, you’re entitled to Windows 11 as a free upgrade. If you can’t get Windows 11 activated using your previous Windows key, you should get in touch with Microsoft support, who have always been quick to clear these issues up in our experience.
