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rated 0 times [ 36] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 22425 / 2 Years ago, thu, december 30, 2021, 2:57:43

I have a dual boot windows 8 and Ubuntu on my Laptop.

Is it possible to read the Windows licence key under ubuntu? (I guess it is hidden in the Windows registry somehow)

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answered 2 Years ago ticrew · Accepted Answer

I found it here. The key seems to be stored in the ACPI-firmware:

sudo strings /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM

Which gave me the following results:

MSDMU

LENOVOCB-01   

ACPI

#####-#####-#####-#####-#####

(I replaced the product key with #)

pipe into | tail -n1 if you need only the key as output.