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From: LD55ZRA on 16 Mar 2010 14:33

"John John - MVP" <audetweld(a)nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
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> The Nirsoft program does not send any information anywhere, you have
> spyware on your machine.

Agreed. Also, some anti-virus programs classify WRONGLY such programs as
trojans because of the way scripts are used to extract information from the
registry. MagicJelly is another program falsely treated as trojan by
Symantec.


From: John John - MVP on 16 Mar 2010 15:01
Greg Russell wrote:
> In news:%23$R%23idQxKHA.948(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl,
> John John - MVP <audetweld(a)nbnet.nb.ca> typed:
>
>>>>> I noticed in my testing that the program also ftp's a copy of
>>>>> the key to a machine in the Ukraine ... does M$ have an office
>>>>> there?
>>>> Your testing has serious flaws.
>>> So what are the "serious flaws" in the Wireshark packet sniffer?
>> Like all other programs it too can develop PEBCAK problems.
>> The Nirsoft program does not send any information anywhere,
>> you have spyware on your machine.
>
> Yes, you're right ... the Spybot S&D program identified it as the nirsoft
> executable that was downloaded from the afore-mentioned site. It's now
> removed and there's no more spyware.

Spybot did what? Funny, I just downloaded and installed the latest
Spybot S&D and updated it then ran it and it didn't say boo about the
Nirsoft utility. Wireshark detects nothing when the ProduKey utility is
run to extract product keys. You never even ran Wireshark, you made all
of this up just to malign Nir Sofer and his utilities. The Nirsoft
utilities are amongst the best in their category and none of them
contain spyware.
From: HeyBub on 16 Mar 2010 18:55
bluejuzt19 wrote:
> pleas help, ive lost my xp cd key is there any wayi can contact
> microsoft to get my cd keys

No. You can contact Microsoft, but they have no idea what your key was.


From: LD55ZRA on 16 Mar 2010 19:54


HeyBub wrote:
>

>
> No. You can contact Microsoft, but they have no idea what your key was.

That is even more imperative to contact Microsoft because assuming the
OP has a working System, then the Microsoft telephonist will ask the OP
to launch Regedit and read out some characters from it from certain keys
(I can't divulge these keys here for obvious reasons).

hth
From: Bruce Chambers on 16 Mar 2010 23:35
bluejuzt19 wrote:
> pleas help, ive lost my xp cd key is there any wayi can contact microsoft
> to get my cd keys


The Windows 25-character Product Key (required to perform the
installation) is not on the installation CD in any way, shape, or form.
If it's a retail license, the Product Key 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 the computer's
manufacturer; 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.



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