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From: REM on 10 Dec 2009 09:05 Another tip: Some new PCs (in the US at least) leave it to the user to make a reinstall CD/DVD and most people that buy them do not realize this. The charges for a replacement install media are steep.
From: Caesar Romano on 10 Dec 2009 10:27 On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:02:52 GMT, Owen Holm <oldfart(a)gmail.com> wrote Re cd key: > >Is there a free program to find the product key on a CD that you have >lost, I have lost the key for my winXP I had on my old computer when it >died I have now win7 on my new one, and have rebuilt the old computer >and went to install my old XP and can't find the book that had the >sticker on it so need to find the product key to install, the old hard >drive is not working so can't access it to try the programs that are >available to find the keys on your hard drive. >Thanks in Advanced >oldfart License Crawler (Portable) http://www.klinzmann.name/ -- I filter all messages from google groups.
From: Owen Holm on 10 Dec 2009 16:45 In article <hfqs9u$8ma$1(a)reader1.panix.com>, retsuhcs(a)xinap.moc says... > > In article <MPG.258b7252e826a62e989681(a)news.bigpond.com>, > Owen Holm <oldfart(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > >Is there a free program to find the product key on a CD that you have > >lost, I have lost the key for my winXP I had on my old computer when it > >died I have now win7 on my new one, and have rebuilt the old computer > >and went to install my old XP and can't find the book that had the > >sticker on it so need to find the product key to install, the old hard > >drive is not working so can't access it to try the programs that are > >available to find the keys on your hard drive. > > You need to retrieve the key from the computer. Installation CD's are mass > produced and do not have individually numbered licenses. Then how does it reject a key if you put in one digit wrong when installing??? if it doesn't have anything to refer to, my old computer isn't a brand one, I put it together myself a few years ago and has been great. The key is found > on a sticker in the packaging, or affixed to the computer itself. > > If you have a brand name computer and a Windows XP installation CD bearing > the same brand name, you may be able to reinstall without using a key; have > your computer boot the installation CD.
From: Mike S. on 10 Dec 2009 17:48 In article <MPG.258c1717c661125e989682(a)news.bigpond.com>, Owen Holm <oldfart(a)gmail.com> wrote: >In article <hfqs9u$8ma$1(a)reader1.panix.com>, retsuhcs(a)xinap.moc says... >> >> In article <MPG.258b7252e826a62e989681(a)news.bigpond.com>, >> Owen Holm <oldfart(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >Is there a free program to find the product key on a CD that you have >> >lost, I have lost the key for my winXP I had on my old computer when it >> >died I have now win7 on my new one, and have rebuilt the old computer >> >and went to install my old XP and can't find the book that had the >> >sticker on it so need to find the product key to install, the old hard >> >drive is not working so can't access it to try the programs that are >> >available to find the keys on your hard drive. >> >> You need to retrieve the key from the computer. Installation CD's are mass >> produced and do not have individually numbered licenses. >Then how does it reject a key if you put in one digit wrong when >installing??? By mathematical algorithm.
From: wasbit on 10 Dec 2009 18:07 "Owen Holm" <oldfart(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:MPG.258c1717c661125e989682(a)news.bigpond.com... > In article <hfqs9u$8ma$1(a)reader1.panix.com>, retsuhcs(a)xinap.moc says... >> >> In article <MPG.258b7252e826a62e989681(a)news.bigpond.com>, >> Owen Holm <oldfart(a)gmail.com> wrote: [Snip] Off topic > Then how does it reject a key if you put in one digit wrong when > installing??? if it doesn't have anything to refer to, my old computer > isn't a brand one, I put it together myself a few years ago and has been > great. > The product key that you enter must be correct for the volume label for the type of Windows that you are installing e.g. Windows XP Home OEM ....................... WXHOEM_EN Windows XP Home SP 1 OEM .................. XRMHOEM_EN Windows XP Home SP 1a and SP 2 OEM ........ X1AHOEM_EN Windows XP Professional OEM ............... WXPOEM_EN Windows XP Professional SP 1 OEM .......... XRMPOEM_EN Windows XP Professional SP 1a and SP 2 OEM X1APOEM_EN Retail, corporate, brand & language variations all have their own variations.
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