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my windows 10 oem didn't come with a product key

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aasim1111

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Now I have a window 10 oem DVD. It apparently has no product key on the DVD sleeve. I am using the OS however it is gonna expire soon. I need to activate my OS. Who to contact?

Oh and I bought the OS a couple weeks ago. I think Christmas eve
 
where'd you buy it from?
 
I bought retail and the key for those is on a separate card. The retail copy actually came on a tiny USB 3.0 drive, not a DVD though. I wonder why OEM copies are DVD? That seems... wrong.
 
Pretty sure MS didn't put W10 on optical media....
 
Slizzo said:
Pretty sure MS didn't put W10 on optical media....
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Oh serious?. But I have it on optical media so what too do. Can I contact anyone? I bought from ncix.com
 
Maybe the key is in the digital receipt?
 
aasim1111 said:
Oh serious?. But I have it on optical media so what too do. Can I contact anyone? I bought from ncix.com
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you probably bought the key and they provided the dvd, check the invoice for the key and if you still cant find it pay them a visit and demand your cash back, since the win10 iso is available for free from microsoft

btw, congrats on getting your pc running again
 
truth teller said:
you probably bought the key and they provided the dvd, check the invoice for the key and if you still cant find it pay them a visit and demand your cash back, since the win10 iso is available for free from microsoft

btw, congrats on getting your pc running again
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I will. Talk to ncix tomorrow and let's see what they say. I was originally going to buy windows 7 but apparently it has massively increased in price here in canada
 
Is neosmart product key finder any good?
 
It can't find a key if one was never installed...

OEM versions don't get digital delivery of keys, they have a key sticker designed to be peeled off and affixed to the case (since the hardware hash locks it to that computer). If it came in a shrink wrapped bundle with the DVD in a paper sleeve it would be on a separate card inside the bundle, if it just came in a sealed cardboard sleeve it would be on the inside of the flap you open.
 
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It should have a COA.
 
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Slizzo said:
Pretty sure MS didn't put W10 on optical media....
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Yeah, they do. Both copies of Windows 10 I bought OEM from Newegg had two paper envelopes. The first one is the terms of service, the one inside had the COA sticker on the outside and a setup DVD inside. I pitched the TOS envelop, installed from a USB stick using the key, and the DVD sleeve is still unopened in my stash.

If there's no COA sticker on it, return it to where you bought it ASAP!
 
Jetster said:
It should have a COA.
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Yes it has a COA label but that's not it. Product key is 25 characters. Also it the disc came in a card board sleeve with nothing else. What to do with the COA
 
So are you saying you have found your product key?
 
rtwjunkie said:
So are you saying you have found your product key?
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Not yet. But I do have the COA label on the sleeve. So what do I do with the COA?
 
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I do not have that sticker.
 
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U previously bought a windows 7 oem n I didn't have any trouble. It came with everything
 
If you bought OEM Windows 10, that sticker Jetster pasted is what it needs to have. If it doesn't have it, it's defective and needs to be returned to the retailer.

Retail may be a bit different (certainly no COA sticker).
 
The only stickers I have say the end item pn, carton no. COA Barcode and warrany void if removed sticker
 
That sounds like the exterior envelope. Can't open that envelop and find the COA/DVD envelope inside?

Mine has "Windows 10" centered on the front with the COA sticker just above it. On the back, it has DVD install instructions.
 
There was no envelope inside. Just the dvd. Do you think I might have the defective peice
 
Look carefully at what you bought, there are plenty of people selling the DVD without an activation key, they're all over eBay. Kinda only useful for people who already have a key and have lost or damaged the original disc.
 
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