To display very basic license and activation information about the current system, run the following command. RELATED: How to Put the Command Prompt Back on the Windows+X Power Users Menu View Activation, License, and Expiration Date Information You can do pretty much everything in PowerShell that you can do in Command Prompt, plus a lot of other useful things. It’s very easy to switch back to showing the Command Prompt on the Power Users menu if you want, or you can give PowerShell a try. Note: If you see PowerShell instead of Command Prompt on the Power Users menu, that’s a switch that came about with the Creators Update for Windows 10. On Windows 7, search the Start menu for “Command Prompt,” right-click it, and select “Run as Administrator.” Click the “Command Prompt (Admin)” option in the menu that appears. To do so on Windows 8 or 10, either right-click the Start button or press Windows+X. To use this tool, you’ll want to launch a Command Prompt with Administrator access.
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