Windows XP Product key

[Gus]

Hi,I downloaded from the web couple windows xp product key
finder to try, i was surprise to see both of them,they
don't showed the same key i have on the sticker on the side
of my computer.It's for any reasons they don't show the
right key?...Thanks

 

[Michael D. Alligood]

Did you upgrade from another OS (i.e. Win98, Win ME, etc..) to Windows XP?

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Michael D. Alligood
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Network+, i-Net+, CIW A, CIW CI

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

If your system came pre-installed with XP, the Key that your
key finder retrieves may be the Key the OEM used to install
and not the Key you need to reinstall. If you reinstalled XP
since the initial setup, the Product Key will be the valid key
supplied with your computer and not the one the key finder
found.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| Hi,I downloaded from the web couple windows xp product key
| finder to try, i was surprise to see both of them,they
| don't showed the same key i have on the sticker on the side
| of my computer.It's for any reasons they don't show the
| right key?...Thanks

 

[LVTravel]

Exactly, Dell computers (laptop or desktop) come with the same XP Home key
on the original install but they do have stickers with different Product
Keys. Found this out when rebuilding two computers that a friend had
trashed with spam, worms, virus infections and browser hijacks.

All the fixes listed here wouldn't clear out all the trash.


If your system came pre-installed with XP, the Key that your
key finder retrieves may be the Key the OEM used to install
and not the Key you need to reinstall. If you reinstalled XP
since the initial setup, the Product Key will be the valid key
supplied with your computer and not the one the key finder
found.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| Hi,I downloaded from the web couple windows xp product key
| finder to try, i was surprise to see both of them,they
| don't showed the same key i have on the sticker on the side
| of my computer.It's for any reasons they don't show the
| right key?...Thanks

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

If you have a factory-installed OEM license, and haven't since
reinstalled the OS, the revealed Product Key is probably that 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.

Bruce Chambers
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