product key

[cgomes]

Hi

I am getting some problems with my pc.
I think i did not activate it and disabled some drivers.
the problem is when I try to reinstall it asks me for a
product key.
I don't have one and the retail outlet I bought Xp from is
closed down.

How can I get the product key?

 

[Willit]

Keyfinder

http://www.magicaljellybean.com/

 

[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 or ViewKeyXP from
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm 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
OS; 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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[Michael Mauzey]

I have a Dell Dimension 8250 with Win XP. The product key that Aida32
and Magical Jellybean
keyfinder locates are exactly the same ... BUT, it is a different
number than what Dell stuck on the outside of my computer. Should I
believe Aida? Suggestion?
Thanks...

Michael Mauzey

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 or ViewKeyXP from
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm 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
OS; 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

--
Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH

 

[CS]

I have a Dell Dimension 8250 with Win XP. The product key that Aida32
and Magical Jellybean
keyfinder locates are exactly the same ... BUT, it is a different
number than what Dell stuck on the outside of my computer. Should I
believe Aida? Suggestion?
Thanks...

Michael Mauzey

Use the Product Key that Dell attached to your machine. The Product
Key that is revealed by Aida is from an install image used by Dell
when they mass install the operating system to production machines.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have a Dell Dimension 8250 with Win XP. The product key that Aida32
and Magical Jellybean
keyfinder locates are exactly the same ... BUT, it is a different
number than what Dell stuck on the outside of my computer.

The ones they give are the one used when Dell generated a 'master'
installation which it then copied to a whole batch of machines. In such
cases use the one on the label.