Please explain usages of RockXP?

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On another vein, as you can see, I have spent the day googling info I
might need for later installs. I kept running across this little
utility called RockXP, that claims to change key codes and retrieve
passwords etc. Now, the explanation of the proggie keeps saying these
set things. What does it really do or rather what could be its role in
all that activation routing that Windows seems to have headed into? In
other words, if I had a hard drive with Windows XP on it, would it help
me install it into another computer...or if I had a copy of Windows XP
would it make it easier for me to install it on any computer...or would
it help me by giving me all that product code info, so if I had to call
up Microsoft to activate something, it would make my communicating
easier? Think that is what I am aiming at in my quest to get back to
the subject question. By the way, these groups are very important in
honing and shaping your perspective on computer-related tasking.
Thankfully, Derek
 
psongman said:
On another vein, as you can see, I have spent the day googling info I
might need for later installs. I kept running across this little
utility called RockXP, that claims to change key codes and retrieve
passwords etc. Now, the explanation of the proggie keeps saying these
set things. What does it really do or rather what could be its role in
all that activation routing that Windows seems to have headed into? In
other words, if I had a hard drive with Windows XP on it, would it
help me install it into another computer...or if I had a copy of
Windows XP would it make it easier for me to install it on any
computer...or would it help me by giving me all that product code
info, so if I had to call up Microsoft to activate something, it would
make my communicating easier? Think that is what I am aiming at in my
quest to get back to the subject question. By the way, these groups
are very important in honing and shaping your perspective on
computer-related tasking. Thankfully, Derek
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You would have to ask the RockXP people those questions since it is a
third-party program. Basically, the Windows key viewers (of which I
believe RockXP is one - Magical Jellybean is another and the one I've
used on clients' machines) are helpful to show you the XP Product key
if you have lost the sticker on your XP cd. Retail XP cd's come in a
sleeve with a bright orange sticker that says something like "Don't
lose this number". You need the Product key to reinstall Windows.

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

OEM computers come with a sticker on the computer itself. That is the
Product key you need to reinstall Windows. The XP product key you see
using something like Magical Jellybean on an OEM machine will probably
not be the right one for reinstallation; the one on the sticker is what
you will use.

Being careful not to lose items that say "Don't lose this" are what will
make reinstallation and activation easy. Here are some links explaining
activation:

Windows Product Activation (WPA) - http://www.aumha.org/a/wpa.htm
Piracy Basics - Microsoft Product Activation -
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/activation/

Malke
 
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Malke said:
You would have to ask the RockXP people those questions since it is a
third-party program. Basically, the Windows key viewers (of which I
believe RockXP is one - Magical Jellybean is another and the one I've
used on clients' machines) are helpful to show you the XP Product key
if you have lost the sticker on your XP cd. Retail XP cd's come in a
sleeve with a bright orange sticker that says something like "Don't
lose this number". You need the Product key to reinstall Windows.

http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml
Click to expand...

Another useful utility that does this as well: www.belarc.com - the Advisor
is free, and very handy.
 
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