Re: Windows Serial
From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 06/24/04
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Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 06:59:02 -0600
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 Belarc
Advisor from http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html 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
PC; 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: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - RAH "Sean Daley" <scdaley@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:20ab401c459e3$ff078e30$a301280a@phx.gbl... > I got a windows reinstallation cd with my computer and > now that i goto reinstall windows, and it asks for the > serial and i can't find the certificate with the serial > no.! Is there anyway i can get the serial no. in this > windows verion and write it down? > thanks in advance > sean
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