How to determine product key?

[Fred Hebert]

I bought 2 copies of Win XP Pro. I insalled one on my PC
and one on my wife's PC. I need to rebuild my wife's PC
but I don't remember which product key was installed on
which PC. I looked on My Computer Properties, but the
number, that used to be your CD key on Win 98, isn't the
XP Product key. I searched the registry, but could not
find either product key.

How can I determine which one belongs with which PC, other
than spending an hour installing, getting some sort of
confilct error and then starting over?

 

[John Ski]

Subject: How to determine product key?

From: "Fred Hebert" (e-mail address removed)
Date: 4/20/2004 9:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id: <[email protected]>

I bought 2 copies of Win XP Pro. I insalled one on my PC
and one on my wife's PC. I need to rebuild my wife's PC
but I don't remember which product key was installed on
which PC. I looked on My Computer Properties, but the
number, that used to be your CD key on Win 98, isn't the
XP Product key. I searched the registry, but could not
find either product key.

How can I determine which one belongs with which PC, other
than spending an hour installing, getting some sort of
confilct error and then starting over?

Use KeyFinder, free, from www.magicaljellybean.com.

HTH,
John
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
***Arthur C. Clarke***

 

[bengalsfan]

I bought 2 copies of Win XP Pro. I insalled one on my PC
and one on my wife's PC. I need to rebuild my wife's PC
but I don't remember which product key was installed on
which PC. I looked on My Computer Properties, but the
number, that used to be your CD key on Win 98, isn't the
XP Product key. I searched the registry, but could not
find either product key.

How can I determine which one belongs with which PC, other
than spending an hour installing, getting some sort of
confilct error and then starting over?

Retrieve your XP CD key
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ViewKeyXP.htm

 

[taurarian]

Try this site
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml
The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a freeware utility
that retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to install
windows from your registry. It has the options to copy
the key to clipboard, save it to a text file, or print it
for safekeeping. It works on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4,
2000, XP, Server 2003, Office 97, and Office XP. This
version is a quick update to make it work with Windows
Server 2003.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I bought 2 copies of Win XP Pro. I insalled one on my PC
and one on my wife's PC. I need to rebuild my wife's PC
but I don't remember which product key was installed on
which PC. I looked on My Computer Properties, but the
number, that used to be your CD key on Win 98, isn't the
XP Product key. I searched the registry, but could not
find either product key.

get the free Aida 32, enterprise edition from
http://www.aida32.hu/aida32-download.php
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.

 

[Glen]

get the free Aida 32, enterprise edition from
http://www.aida32.hu/aida32-download.php
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.

The web site for Aida32 is closed.
The site forwards to Lavalys.com.
You then need to click on the products tab and then click on Everest Home
Free Edition.
This is an almost exact replacement for Aida32

 

[Alex Nichol]

The web site for Aida32 is closed.
The site forwards to Lavalys.com.
You then need to click on the products tab and then click on Everest Home
Free Edition.
This is an almost exact replacement for Aida32

Thanks - I knew they would be closing, not that it has already happened.
http://www.lavalys.com/index.php?page=product&view=1
takes you to the free 'Everest Home' page

You can still get the final version of Aida at Jim Eshelman's site -
http://aumha.org/freeware.htm
second item.
That provides the keys for other items (notably Office) as well - this
has been omitted from Everest, which only tell you the Windows one, in
its Operating System - Operating System page