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[Guest]

Is there a way to divine my product key from my system? I must have lost the
e-mail with the key in it and I am thinking of running Vista on a new PC. I
thought they allowed 10 (?) activations from one key?

Thanks

 

[John Boy]

Is there a way to divine my product key from my system? I must have lost the
e-mail with the key in it and I am thinking of running Vista on a new PC. I
thought they allowed 10 (?) activations from one key?

Thanks

Open your browser, type in 'google' in the
address bar. After the Google page opens, type
in 'key finder' in the search field and then
either press the <Enter> key or left click on
the "Google Search" button.

GOOGLE IS YOUR FRIEND!!!!!!

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

I know of no way of diviing the key. My favorite, Key Finder (Magical Jelly
Bean), is not supported in Vista.
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/kfbeta.shtml

It is not 10 activations with the same key, but activation on 10 machines
using the same key. Re-activation is not counted a second time against the
10.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Didn't you try KF on your own Vista machine before answering? It' not like
its a big effort to try it out.

 

[Alan Simpson]

It should show up near the bottom of the Welcome Center.

 

[Alan Simpson]

You should be able to see it down near the bottom of the Welcome Center.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

That is the Product ID (PID). The OP wants to figure out his Product Key
used at installation time. If you compare your Product Key that you got
from MS with the PID you'll quickly see the difference. The confusion is
easy because they both start with "Product".

 

[Peter M]

That just gives the Product ID, not the actual key.

 

[Alan Simpson]

Forget that last suggestion. I should have looked first. It's the Product ID
with an option to change the Product Key. I tried Belarc Advisor
(www.belarc.com) but it can't get the Vista key.

 

[Alan Simpson]

Belay that last suggestion. I should have looked first. It's the product ID
with an option to change the key.

 

[Alan Simpson]

Ignore my last dumb suggestion. I should have looked first. It's the product
ID and an option to change the product key. Sorry.

I tried Belarc Advisor (www.belarc.com) but it couldn't get Vista's key.

 

[MICHAEL]

Is there a way to divine my product key from my system? I must have lost the
e-mail with the key in it and I am thinking of running Vista on a new PC. I
thought they allowed 10 (?) activations from one key?

Thanks

Excellent little tool. System Information on
massive steroids.

Look under the column "Software"
Look for "Secrets"

You probably won't have very many items listed when using this
in Vista, so you should right away see "Windows Key".

In XP, It lists *lots* of "secrets". Passwords to online
sites, email, and keys to other programs.

http://www.gtopala.com/
SIW 1.62
SIW - System Information for Windows by Gabriel Topala

SIW - System Information for Windows. This program perform computer configuration analysis and
diagnostics. It gives detailed information about your computer properties and settings,
detailed specs for CPU, motherboard, chipset, BIOS, CPU, PCI/AGP, USB and ISA/PnP devices,
memory, monitor, video card, disk drives, CD/DVD devices, SCSI devices, S.M.A.R.T., ports,
network cards, printers, operating system, installed programs and hotfixes, processes,
services, serial numbers (CD keys), users, open files, system uptime, network, network shares,
as well as real-time monitors for CPU, memory, page file usage and network traffic. It displays
currently active network connections, passwords hidden behind asterisks, installed codecs, and
more.
This program also creates a report file, and is able to run in batch mode.
A standalone tool that does not require installation - one less installed program on your PC as
well the fact that you can run the program directly from a USB flash drive.

Platform:
Microsoft Windows 98/Me/NT4/2000/XP/Server 2003/Media Center/Tablet PC/Windows 2003 Server
R2/Windows Server 2003 x64/Windows XP x64/Vista

 

[MICHAEL]

Oh, it's free and works on Vista.

Also, the email passwords that it shows are from web-based email
when copied by Auto-Complete.

It is a stand-alone program- no installation required.

Like I said, a great utility to have around.


-Michael

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

SIW on my Vista x64 runs but "Secrets" scans and returns an empty report.
Other items in the tree pane do return correct lists. Odd that everything
else functions except Secrets.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

SIW does return the key on my Vista x86 so hopefully the OP is using x86.

 

[Len Segal]

Yes there is!

The old stand-by AIDA32 pulls thru again. I just installed it on my Vista
Beta machine and it gave me my PK for Windows Vista.

Go to http://aumha.org/free.htm and DL AIDA32 from left column. Go to
Software and then Licenses to see what you need for results.

 

[Steve]

Try this one:
ProduKey v1.06
Copyright (c) 2005 - 2006 Nir Sofer
Web Site: http://www.nirsoft.net
Description
===========
ProduKey is a small utility that displays the ProductID and the CD-Key of
MS-Office, Windows, Exchange Server, and SQL Server installed on your
computer. You can view this information for your current running
operating system, or for another operating system/computer - by using
command-line options. This utility can be useful if you lost the product
key of your Windows/Office, and you want to reinstall it on your computer.

 

[Guest]

I will try to fix SIW - Secrets for Windows Vista x64.
Unfortunately, my PC doesn't work with Vista x64
Thanks,
Gabriel Topala

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Congrats on a great tool!

I will try to fix SIW - Secrets for Windows Vista x64.
Unfortunately, my PC doesn't work with Vista x64
Thanks,
Gabriel Topala