Lost Product Key for Windows XP

[Andy]

Is there a way to find the Product Key for Windows XP
like older Windows OS software? You used to be able to
find it in the Regestry. If so where is it?

 

[Mcploppy ©]

Andy bashed at the keyboard and said :

Is there a way to find the Product Key for Windows XP
like older Windows OS software? You used to be able to
find it in the Regestry. If so where is it?

Download this winzip file. http://tinyurl.com/2psv3
Extract it and run it, it will tell you your Windows XP Product Key.

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[Ken Blake, MVP]

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Is there a way to find the Product Key for Windows XP
like older Windows OS software? You used to be able to
find it in the Regestry. If so where is it?

You can find the Product key with any of these:

ViewXP http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/ViewKeyXP.exe

AIDA32 http://www.aumha.org/freeware.htm

Magical Jellybean http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml

Belarc Advisor http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

 

[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 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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[Guest]

-----Original Message-----

McPloppy, is that the sound a digested McDonald's
hamburger makes when it falls into the toilet from the
poop shoot? Wow, it's even been copyrighted by
McDonalds? I'm impressed! Now I know what to call it
next time I eat there.