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Tag: UEFI

Read the UEFI stored Windows key and activate Windows

December 11, 2018 Florian Rossmark

Ever wanted to read out the UEFI stored Windows key and probably automatically try to activate Windows with a single…

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Posted in: powershell, script Filed under: key, license, powershell, UEFI, windows

Read the UEFI stored Windows key and activate Windows

October 4, 2018 Florian Rossmark

The following script will read the UEFI stored Windows licensing key and show it – it then will attempt to…

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Posted in: powershell, script Filed under: powershell, UEFI, windows

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