Re: need to reinstall xp, cant find my product code...anything i can d
From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 11/26/04
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Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 17:28:28 +0000
djhoerauf wrote:
>i have heard you can find it in reg-edit but i cant seem to, i did the
>classic, was deleting some crap on an old computer, ate some important files
>and cant seem to get xp install to work cause i cant find my original
>paperwork to install xp.
Provided the system runs, get the free Everest Home edition from
http://www.lavalys.com/index.php?page=product&view=1
which is an excellent general System Info tool, and its Operating System
- Operating System page will tell you the one used
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
-- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)
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