Go to Options -> General and choose between Metric (☌) and Imperial (☏) for the temperature.ģ. I instructed it to display the average processor temperature. Go with the second option, Display metrics in tray, and you’ll get to choose what real-time metrics Speccy will display. Once you’ve enabled the Minimize to tray option, two more options will become available:ĭisplay metrics in tray tooltip means that when you place the mouse cursor on Speccy’s system tray icon, a tooltip will show up and present real-time temperatures for these system components: processor, motherboard, graphics card, hard disk. I for one prefer it when applications minimize to the system tray. This will Speccy that you want it to go to the system tray when you hit the minimize button. Go to Options -> System Tray and check Minimize to tray. This default behavior can be changed from the Options menu. It minimizes to the taskbar, just like any other app. View the CPU temperature (and other metrics) in the system tray By default, Speccy does not minimize to the system tray (located in the lower right hand corner, where the clock is). You see, Speccy collects information about all your hardware components and it also collects information about your operating system, including your operating system’s serial number.Ģ.

There are many free software applications that can recover your Windows product key, and Piriform’s Speccy is one of them.

The easiest way of pulling it out of the Registry is with a specialized software application. The product key is hidden in the Windows Registry, you just have to know how to get it out. Now, if you lost your product key, you don’t have to put off reinstalling Windows and you certainly don’t have to go buy a new key (even though that’s what Microsoft suggests).

If you want to do a fresh Windows installation for example, you’re going to need that code you’ll need it to activate Windows once you’re done installing it. Recover your Windows product key The Windows product key is a 25-character code that activates Microsoft’s Windows operating system.

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