Ctwizzy Posted December 28, 2004 Posted December 28, 2004 Hi, im trying to find my cdkey for my windows XP pro installation. Problem is i cant find my cdkey, Its on my pc so does anyone know of a way I can get it w/o having to tear apart my house to find it?
Ctwizzy Posted December 28, 2004 Author Posted December 28, 2004 nevermind found an app that let me grab it.
SilverBulletUK Posted December 28, 2004 Posted December 28, 2004 Just in case anyone else was wondering, ive always found this app usefull for finding customers keys before formatting....http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml
Ctwizzy Posted December 28, 2004 Author Posted December 28, 2004 yeah thats what i used! Works great!
Incroyable HULK Posted December 29, 2004 Posted December 29, 2004 Cool! another great exe! Doesn't seems to work on Office 2003...
ryptyde Posted December 29, 2004 Posted December 29, 2004 Just what my brother in-law needs as he has been trying to find the "key" for his copy of XP.I tried it on my Sony desktop(XP Home) and the key that was generated did not match the key tag affixed to the rear of the pc. I bought the pc new in NOV '01 and have kept it updated and have never reinstalled from my recovery discs.Should I be concerned the key doesn't match?I have another pc that had 98SE on and was upgraded to XP and when I run the keyfinder on that it matches the key that came with the XP disc.
nfm Posted December 29, 2004 Posted December 29, 2004 i just go to system32 under WINDOWS dir and i find my cd-key in file called $winnt$.inf . It may not work for everybody.
KNARZ Posted December 29, 2004 Posted December 29, 2004 Cool! another great exe! Doesn't seems to work on Office 2003...it works... but not this versionlook in the board of the tool there is a beta download...this works with 2003EDIT: board is still down...http://www.magicaljellybean.com/beta/kf15b3.zip
jrf2027 Posted December 29, 2004 Posted December 29, 2004 I tried it on my Sony desktop(XP Home) and the key that was generated did not match the key tag affixed to the rear of the pc. I bought the pc new in NOV '01 and have kept it updated and have never reinstalled from my recovery discs.Should I be concerned the key doesn't match?No...most likely, your machine came with a pre-activated version of XP. Quite common, actually - for instance, all Dell OEM XP Professional install disks have the same product key in the winnt.sif on the CD, be it from original XP, SP1, SP1a, SP1a plus updates, or SP2. As long as your machine has a sticker with a product key on it, you have a valid copy.
un4given1 Posted December 29, 2004 Posted December 29, 2004 You can actually locate on the Microsoft site a generic key that will allow you to install Windows XP. It will of course require you to register it within' 30 days, but the big name companies use OLA versions to install the original versions and they don't require activation.
bhumeny1 Posted January 4, 2005 Posted January 4, 2005 I have been trying to run keyfinder on a machine with XP Pro installed on it.When I d-click on keyfinder.exe, I get the hourglass, the folder flashes but I never get the keyfinder window. I have tried 3 different version of keyfionder including the new beta.Can anyone tell me why it won't run?Thanks.
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