Ctwizzy Posted December 28, 2004 Share 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctwizzy Posted December 28, 2004 Author Share Posted December 28, 2004 nevermind found an app that let me grab it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverBulletUK Posted December 28, 2004 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctwizzy Posted December 28, 2004 Author Share Posted December 28, 2004 yeah thats what i used! Works great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incroyable HULK Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 Cool! another great exe! Doesn't seems to work on Office 2003... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
^_^ Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 ah, good link to add to favorites :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryptyde Posted December 29, 2004 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfm Posted December 29, 2004 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNARZ Posted December 29, 2004 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incroyable HULK Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 Yep! the Beta is working! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrf2027 Posted December 29, 2004 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
un4given1 Posted December 29, 2004 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhumeny1 Posted January 4, 2005 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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