{"id":170,"date":"2013-06-21T07:29:50","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T07:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/?p=170"},"modified":"2023-04-18T07:55:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T07:55:43","slug":"find-change-windows-server-2012-product-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/find-change-windows-server-2012-product-key\/","title":{"rendered":"Find or Change Windows server 2012 product key &#8211; How to do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you still <strong>looking for Windows server 2012 product key<\/strong> on the Internet? Generally, Windows server product key is on your computer or stored with Windows 2012 product manual. Or if you have installed it on your computer, it is located in the registry but is encrypted. So <strong>how can you do to find or change product key in Windows server 2012<\/strong>? The following passage will introduce it in details.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#opt1\"><strong>Find Windows Server 2012 product key with Product Key Finder software<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#opt2\"><strong>Change product key in Windows Server 2012 without activating Windows<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 id=\"opt1\">One: Product Key Finder Find Windows Server 2012 Product Key<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/product-key-finder.html\">Product key finder<\/a> on iSunshare website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Download and install it on your server.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Run it and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/product-key-finder\/how-to-find-lost-product-key-for-windows-office.html\"> find out product keys for Windows, Office<\/a> etc.<br \/>\nClick \u201cStart Recovery\u201d and after a while, you will find product key listed in the box of software.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/one-click-to-find-windows-server-2012-product-key.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"520\" height=\"437\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7069\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/one-click-to-find-windows-server-2012-product-key.png\" alt=\"find Windows server 2012 product key\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/one-click-to-find-windows-server-2012-product-key.png 520w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/one-click-to-find-windows-server-2012-product-key-300x252.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Save or Write down all the product keys found by product key finder tool.<br \/>\nPress &#8220;Save to a File&#8221; or &#8220;Save&#8221; a product key file with notepad.<\/p>\n<p>More operational details, please refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/product-key-finder\/find-product-key.html\">find product key<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Or you also can download a free product key finder <strong>Belarc Advisor<\/strong>, and <strong>find your Windows Server 2012 product key<\/strong> in registry. But compared to iSunshare product key finder, Belarc Advisor is a little more difficult on operation.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"opt2\">Two: Three Ways to Change Product Key in Windows Server 2012<\/h2>\n<p>These three ways helping you change product key when you have not entered a key to activate Windows server.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#opt3\">Activate Windows server 2012 with new product key: slui.exe application<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#opt4\">Replace old product key for Windows server 2012: run elevated command prompt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#opt5\">Change Windows server 2012 product key with Volume Activation Management Tool<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"opt3\">Way 1: Use slui.exe application to change Windows Server 2012 product key<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Press the <strong>windows key + R<\/strong> to bring up the run box.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Type &#8220;slui.exe 0x3&#8221; in the run box and click <strong>OK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Type in the new product key in the Windows Activation window and click &#8220;Activate&#8221;.<br \/>\nFor example: XC9B7-NBPP2-83J2H-RHMBY-92BT4<\/p>\n<p>It is the new product key, replacing original CD key for Windows server 2012 activation.<\/p>\n<p><em>Or do like these:<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap <b>Search<\/b>. Or, if you are using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click <b>Search<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Step 2:\u00a0<\/strong> In the search box, type <strong>Slui.exe 0x3<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Tap or click the\u00a0<b>Slui.exe 0x3<\/b> icon.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Type your product key in the Windows Activation window, and then click <b>Activate<\/b>.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"opt4\">\u00a0Way 2: Run elevated Command Prompt to replace old product key of Windows server<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Open an elevated command prompt<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong>\u00a0Type <em><strong>slmgr \u2013upk<\/strong><\/em> on command window<br \/>\nThis will remove the key first<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:\u00a0<\/strong>Type <strong><em>slmgr -ipk<\/em> <\/strong>xyzxy-xyzxy- xyzxy- xyzxy- xyzxy<br \/>\nThis will add your this new key. Of course replace the xyzxy-xyzxy with your own real key.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Activate Windows (you will probably have popups already during this process)<\/p>\n<p>Or run the following command directly at an elevated command prompt:<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Cscript.exe %windir%\\system32\\slmgr.vbs \/ipk &lt;Your product key&gt;<\/b><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"opt5\">Way 3: Change product key with Volume Activation Management Tool remotely<\/h3>\n<p align=\"left\">You can also use the <strong>Volume Activation Management Tool <\/strong>(VAMT) 3.0 to change the product key remotely, or if you want to change the product key on multiple computers.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Related Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/find-windows-8-product-key\/\">How to Find your Windows 8 Product Key<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/get-windows-server-2008-product-key\/\">How to Get my Windows Server 2008 Product Key<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you still looking for Windows server 2012 product key on the Internet? 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