Re: How to determine product key?

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From: John Ski (johns50718_at_aol.comdotorg)
Date: 04/21/04


Date: 21 Apr 2004 02:10:40 GMT


>Subject: How to determine product key?
>From: "Fred Hebert" fhebert@no-spam-fjhconsulting.com
>Date: 4/20/2004 9:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>Message-id: <1eb401c42743$6ebcde20$a301280a@phx.gbl>
>
>I bought 2 copies of Win XP Pro. I insalled one on my PC
>and one on my wife's PC. I need to rebuild my wife's PC
>but I don't remember which product key was installed on
>which PC. I looked on My Computer Properties, but the
>number, that used to be your CD key on Win 98, isn't the
>XP Product key. I searched the registry, but could not
>find either product key.
>
>How can I determine which one belongs with which PC, other
>than spending an hour installing, getting some sort of
>confilct error and then starting over?
>
Use KeyFinder, free, from www.magicaljellybean.com.

HTH,
John
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
                              ***Arthur C. Clarke***



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