lost product key

[toby]

im trying to restall my windows xp home edition and i
have lost my product key code. does anybody know how to
get this info. it has been activated already through
microsoft.

 

[Norm]

If you system is still operational then you can download a utility that will
read the product key on your system. One of them is called Everst and is
available from http://www.lavalys.com/products.php?lang=en , there are many
others that will do the same thing. If your system won't run then the only
way you could get a product key is from Microsoft but it will require proof
of purchase.

 

[XS11E]

im trying to restall my windows xp home edition and i
have lost my product key code. does anybody know how to
get this info. it has been activated already through
microsoft.

Yes, they do. Check the archives, this question is asked several times
per day.

Got to http://groups.google.com and enter microsoft.public.windowsxp,
hit search, check the "search only in microsoft.public.windowsxp",
enter "lost key" and click search.

Hmmmm, it appears 10,500 people have asked before you and every one of
them got the answer.

PLEASE check the archives of any newsgroup before asking a question,
odds are it's already been asked and answered.

 

[Ken Blake]

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im trying to restall my windows xp home edition and i
have lost my product key code. does anybody know how to
get this info. it has been activated already through
microsoft.

You can find the Product key with any of these:

ViewKeyXP www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/ViewKeyXP.exe (for
Retail versions only)

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

Everest
http://www.lavalys.com/index.php?page=product&view=1

Magical Jellybean www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml

 

[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 Belarc
Advisor from http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html 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, and someone has removed/destroyed the
label, you should contact you the computer's manufacturer; 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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[Alex Nichol]

im trying to restall my windows xp home edition and i
have lost my product key code. does anybody know how to
get this info. it has been activated already through
microsoft.

Provided Windows still runs, get the free Everest Home edition from
http://www.lavalys.com/index.php?page=product&view=1
which is an excellent general System Info tool, and its Operating System
- Operating System page will tell you the one used

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