Finding your Windows 10 product key isn't rocket science! Use simple tools, the registry, or your purchase details to recover it effortlessly. Here’s how.

When you reset a PC that originally shipped with Windows 10 or Windows 11 Home edition, the activation process might restore that edition. Fortunately, it's easy to restore your Pro upgrade.

You’ll find a key named “BackupProductKeyDefault,” which contains a valid Windows 10 Product Key. Just to make things more complicated for you, there is a small chance that this might not be ...

Right now in our PCWorld Software store you can buy a Windows 10 Pro license for just $69.99, 65% off its typical price of $199.99. Once installed, you can upgrade to Windows 11 Pro for free.

That answer assumes you have a Windows 10 Pro product key. If so, that key will work to perform an upgrade, because all Windows 10 and Windows 11 product keys are interchangeable.