product key plz help

[Guest]

pc needs formating but ive lost the product key sticker
for my windows xp home cd can anyone help...........
where can i get a genuine key number???

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

If you can still boot the installation, you can recover it from the
registry. If you cannot, you need to contact the system manufacturer for a
replacement, or Microsoft Product Support for retail versions at
800-936-5700.

This utility works for retail versions:
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/ViewKeyXP.exe

For OEM versions, download and install Aida32 from:
http://www.aida32.hu/aida-download.php?bit=32

You want the Personal Operating System version. The key is under OS
information.

Or, try this one which just gives you the key:
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Chris Lanier]

Hi,

When Windows XP is still installed you can use one of many key finders.
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml

How to Replace Lost, Broken, or Missing Microsoft Software or Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=326246

 

[S.Sengupta]

Hi,
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml
regards,
ssg MS-MVP

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

Use this little application, http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/ViewKeyXP.exe,
to retrieve the key from your present installation. Then write the number
down. (-:

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

The Windows 25-character Product Key (required to perform the
installation) is stored on the CD packaging on a bright orange sticker
that says "Do not lose this number." If it was an OEM (factory
installed) license, it's stored on a label that the PC manufacturer
affixed to the exterior of the PC case, or on the bottom of a laptop.

To recover a lost Product Key:

If your system still runs, you should be able to use AIDA32
Enterprise from http://www.aida32.hu/aida32.php or ViewKeyXP from
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm to find the Product Key.
(If you have a factory-installed OEM license, and haven't since
reinstalled the OS, the revealed Product Key is probably of the drive
image used at the factory and not _your_ specific Product Key;
therefore, it probably cannot be -- and definitely should not be --
used for a re-installation.)

If it was a retail license and you have proof of purchase:

How to Replace Lost, Broken, or Missing Microsoft Software or Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;326246

If it was an OEM license, you should contact whomever sold you the
PC; although very few manufacturers/vendors keep records of the
Product Keys they've sold, it's worth a try before you have to buy a
new license.


Bruce Chambers

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[mrumremove]

you can get XP tweak programs that will show you the
product key you have use on your system eg tweak XP
this is only if your system is working

 

[Alex Nichol]

pc needs formating but ive lost the product key sticker
for my windows xp home cd can anyone help....

If the system still runs get the free Aida 32, enterprise edition from
http://www.aida32.hu/aida-download.php?bit=32
which is an excellent general System Info tool, and its Software -
Licenses page will tell you the one used for Windows and ones for
several other items.

Note that if the machine came with XP installed, this will probably give
a key used in producing an original image, then cloned to all machines
they make. So it is not the one for a reinstall. But then the key will
be on a label on the case of the machine