{"id":3144,"date":"2015-03-21T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-21T04:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/?p=3144"},"modified":"2023-08-11T19:08:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T13:38:51","slug":"activate-deactivate-windows-product-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/activate-deactivate-windows-product-key\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Deactivate Windows Product Key and Use on Another Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Obviously, you will wish to uninstall or deactivate Windows product key from your old <a title=\"windows\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/category\/windows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows PC<\/a> if you are going to use a new Windows computer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Transferring <strong>Windows product key<\/strong> from one computer to another is one of the most helpful ways for Windows Users. This is the main reason, Windows users like to deactivate windows product key from the old computer before selling or recycling and use it on a different PC or new computer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are also one of them who want to learn the process of uninstalling or deactivating Windows product key and activating\u00a0that Windows license\u00a0key on another computer then this guide is quite perfect for you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/how-to-activate-or-deactivate-windows-product-key.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3237 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/how-to-activate-or-deactivate-windows-product-key.png\" alt=\"how to activate and deactivate windows product key\" width=\"656\" height=\"380\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/how-to-activate-or-deactivate-windows-product-key.png 656w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/how-to-activate-or-deactivate-windows-product-key-150x87.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/how-to-activate-or-deactivate-windows-product-key-300x174.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In today&#8217;s Windows guide, I will explain in details how to activate Windows product key\u00a0and how to deactivate Windows product key\u00a0on Windows PC. 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Here\u2019s how to activate or deactivate Windows license key:<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Deactivate_Windows_Product_Key\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica;\">Deactivate\u00a0Windows Product Key<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (1):<\/strong> Firstly, open command prompt with administrator privileges. To do so, click on <strong>Start<\/strong> button and type <strong>cmd<\/strong> in the Search box. From the search result, right-click on <strong>cmd.exe<\/strong> and select \u201c<strong>Run as administrator<\/strong>\u201d option.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (2):<\/strong> In Command Prompt, enter the following command line and press Enter:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">slmgr \/dlv<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/windows-product-key.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3152\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/windows-product-key.png\" alt=\"windows product key\" width=\"500\" height=\"258\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/windows-product-key.png 500w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/windows-product-key-150x77.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/windows-product-key-300x155.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (3):<\/strong> Just after pressing Enter button, Windows Script Host message box will appear on your screen along with <strong>Software licensing service<\/strong> information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/deactivate-windows-product-key.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3148\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/deactivate-windows-product-key.png\" alt=\"deactivate windows product key\" width=\"489\" height=\"455\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/deactivate-windows-product-key.png 489w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/deactivate-windows-product-key-150x140.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/deactivate-windows-product-key-300x279.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (4):<\/strong> From the Windows Script Host message box, write down your Windows <strong>Activation ID<\/strong> to later use and click on <strong>OK<\/strong>.(activation ID is directed in the above screenshot).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (5):<\/strong> After that to\u00a0uninstall Windows product key, you have to enter the \/upk switch along with your Activation ID and press Enter as shown below:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">slmrg \/upk (Activation ID)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/uninstall-windows-product-key.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3151\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/uninstall-windows-product-key.png\" alt=\"uninstall windows product key\" width=\"500\" height=\"271\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/uninstall-windows-product-key.png 500w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/uninstall-windows-product-key-150x81.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/uninstall-windows-product-key-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For example:<\/span><\/strong> if your activation ID is <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">11111111-2222-3333-4444444444444444<\/span> then you have to enter as: <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">slmgr \/upk 11111111-2222-3333-4444444444444444<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (6):<\/strong> Just after the press, a pop-up window will appear saying &#8220;<strong>Uninstalled product key successfully<\/strong>&#8220;. That&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/change-product-key.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3147\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/change-product-key.png\" alt=\"change product key\" width=\"225\" height=\"134\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/change-product-key.png 225w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/change-product-key-150x89.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThus, you can easily uninstall or <strong>deactivate Windows product key<\/strong> from your Windows Computer.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Activate_Windows_Product_Key\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18pt;\">Activate\u00a0Windows Product Key<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Activating\u00a0Windows Product Key on new Windows PC is a super easy task. If you have successfully uninstalled or deactivated Windows Product Key from your old <a title=\"windows computer\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/free-alarm-clock-windows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows computer<\/a> and now want to install or <strong>activate Windows Product Key<\/strong> on another computer then follow below mentioned steps:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (1):<\/strong> Firstly, open an elevated Command Prompt. To do so, click on <strong>Start<\/strong> button and type <strong>cmd<\/strong> in the Search box. From the search result, right-click on <strong>cmd.exe<\/strong> and select \u201c<strong>Run as administrator<\/strong>\u201d option.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (2):<\/strong> In Command Prompt, you have to enter the\u00a0\/ipk switch along with your Windows product key (Windows license key which you have purchased) and then press Enter:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">slmrg \/ipk (Windows product key)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/activate-windows-product-key.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3146\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/activate-windows-product-key.png\" alt=\"activate windows product key\" width=\"500\" height=\"258\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/activate-windows-product-key.png 500w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/activate-windows-product-key-150x77.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/activate-windows-product-key-300x155.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>For example:<\/strong><\/span> if your Windows product key number is <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">11111-22222-33333-44444-55555<\/span> then you have to enter as: <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">slmrg \/ipk 11111-22222-33333-44444-55555<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #39b54a;\"><strong>Important Note:<\/strong><\/span> Here you have to enter the Windows product key, not the Activation ID you received during the Windows product key deactivation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (3):<\/strong> Just after the pressing Enter button, a pop-up window will appear saying &#8220;Installed product key (your Windows product key) successfully&#8221;. That&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/install-windows-product-key.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3150\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/install-windows-product-key.png\" alt=\"install windows product key\" width=\"408\" height=\"129\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thus, you can see how simple is to <strong>install Windows product key<\/strong> on Windows PC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This Windows product key deactivation and Windows product key activation guide will work on all <a title=\"windows\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/category\/windows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows operating systems<\/a>. So, follow the above-mentioned steps and efficiently activate or\u00a0deactivate\u00a0windows 7 product key, windows 8 product key and all other versions of Windows product keys.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Feel free to share with us through comments if you know another way to activate and deactivate Windows product key\u00a0on Windows Computers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Read next:<\/strong>\u00a0<a title=\"How to Install Windows 10 on Your Computer\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/how-to-install-windows-10-on-your-computer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Install Windows 10 on Your Computer<\/a>\u00a0| <a title=\"Windows 10 on Mobile\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/how-to-install-windows-10-on-windows-phone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows 10 on Mobile<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obviously, you will wish to uninstall or deactivate Windows product key from your old Windows PC if you are going to use a new Windows computer. 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