windows serial number?

[SMELVIN]

Hi not been on for a while i finally decided to buy a full copy of windows xp pro about 2 months ago and installed that put the disc away safe but not the rest of the stuff along with my serial number and my 3 year old has hidden it for me!!!....I'm a dozy git i am now I've looked all over the net for the answer (how do i find my o/s serial number of my current copy so i can start to make a new unattend winxp) I want to use my number that i got with my disc not a fake one any body know the answer

Cheers

Mal

[getwired]

Run this on your system that you used that product key on and it will tell you the key that was used.

Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder

[SMELVIN]

cheers

[Astalavista]

ohhh... interesting indeed... ahhh... coolll..... should be useful for my friends.

[Lost Soul]

now thats a handy tool, ive never lost my keys and i know the reg key to find it at but thats a great tool for some of my drunk friends lol

[buletov]

cool!

[Jeremy]

Take your Windows XP CD and browse to the I836 folder and find the file "WINNT.SIF" and open it with NotePad and you will see your Serial Number.

[prathapml]

Take your Windows XP CD and browse to the I836 folder and find the file "WINNT.SIF" and open it with NotePad and you will see your Serial Number.

That is when you have made your unattended CD - or you're using one made by someone else. In this case, he had used a normal CD, and manually input his key - so it won't be there in that file (plus, he doesn't want to take out his original CD).

now thats a handy tool, ive never lost my keys and i know the reg key to find it at

Could you please tell at what location in the reg you can find it? 'Coz AFAIK, all windows OSes since win2k (win2k,winME,winXP,wS2k3) do not store the key in human-readable format in the registry.

[Jito463]

Actually, ME does store it in the registry the same as 98, but you are right that 2k, XP and 2k3 do not store it in the registry. You must use one of those keyfinder programs like above.