I am surprised it is not on the system. It normally is. have you checked under the battery? or is there a disk?
I just received this new laptop-a Studio 1737-. I always like to make sure that I have everything I may need for some future problem. I am recording passwords, products keys etc.  No where can I find a COA for the Vista Operating System. It should be on the bottom of the laptop but all I can find is the express service code and service tag.  Does anyone have any ideas where I can find this?  
COA on New Studio 1737 Laptop