Software Registration

[Rick]

Does anyone know where to find the software product key ?
I need to reinstall Windows XP and I have lost the folder
that had the software product ID, is there anyway to find
it ?


Thanks
Rick

 

[Ramesh]

Hi Rick,

In Windows XP, the product key is no longer available as Clear text in
registry. you need a software to view the key:

Retrieve your XP CD key
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ViewKeyXP.htm

This utility works for retail versions:
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/ViewKeyXP.exe

AIDA32
http://www.aida32.hu/aida-download.php?bit=32

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


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Regards,
Ramesh
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Does anyone know where to find the software product key ?
I need to reinstall Windows XP and I have lost the folder
that had the software product ID, is there anyway to find
it ?


Thanks
Rick

 

[Alex Nichol]

Does anyone know where to find the software product key ?
I need to reinstall Windows XP and I have lost the folder
that had the software product ID, is there anyway to find
it ?

get the free Aida 32, enterprise edition from
http://www.aida32.hu/aida-download.php?bit=32
which is an excellent general System Info tool, and its Software -
Licenses page will tell you the one used for Windows and ones for
several other items.

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