Windows 8 activation key change by an application

i had bought lenovo ideapad s410 touch where windows 8 already installed, i used an application downloaded from the internet and accidentally it changed my activation key to 1 month. i want to retrieve my original activation key.thank you.

for more info,
KMS Autonet 2014 is the application. It changed my product key for windows 8 single core language. :/
after few days, i had read lots of articles on how to retrieve my windows 8 key for my laptop.
http://www.nextofwindows.com/how-to-retrieve-windows-8-oem-product-key-from-bios/
---> i downloaded pkeyui (WPKey.zip) different from the link i gave (get_win8key) but they look the same (like this), but my msdm is LENOVO not HPQOEM. source: http://www.nextofwindows.com/how-to-retrieve-windows-8-oem-product-key-from-bios/
i tried and successfully changed my windows activation info
from
Expires on 5/14/14
to
Activated on 4/2/14 (date when my laptop bought and activated)
Help me, if this really solved my problem??????

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