Re: Licence numbers?

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augie wrote:
When I click on Computer properties I get registered to owner "my
name" then a string of numbers XXXXX-OEM-XXXXXXX-XXXXX what are
these numbers? I also went to the Magic Jelly bean Key finder and
found a XP Home Edition XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX mixed numbers
and letters. What are these?

Product ID and Product Key - in that order.
The second is used when installing Windows.
The first is more of an identifying string.

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