Remove windows product key from bios - resolved hello, welcome to asus republic of gamers official forum. please note you may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.. Please note you may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. to start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.. The key is now embedded in bios and can be retrieved automatically during the activation process in windows 8 / 10. theoretically, you will never be asked for a key to activate your machine. but to have the process run smoothly, you will need the right windows 8/10 installation media that matches the one stored in bios..
With windows activation 3.0, microsoft is doing a smart job by saving the windows 8 product keys inside the computer firmware (bios) instead of pasting it on the computer or laptop which came pre-installed with windows 8.. Windows 8 product key viewer is a little tool developed to recover windows 8/8.1 product key from bios/uefi as well as hard drive. in short, you can use this tool to retrieve windows product key on a pc preinstalled with windows 8/8.1, and also, if you have installed windows 8/8.1 on a newly assembled computer.. The following asus software applications are not compatible with windows 8: asus rotation desktop, pwr option (power key), facelogon, asus webstorage, wireless console, asus controldeck, asus folder, intel turbo boost technology monitor, asus screen saver..
