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Retrieve Windows XP Serial Key
I am gonna have to reformat my hard drive in the next two days. i bought this PC off an old co worker... how to i get the serial key off of my PC? the O/S is Win XP professional... i know there is a software that does it, but i forgot the address.. can anyone help me out??
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Happy to help!
Thanx.
Thanx.
But he still wont be able to use the key on his new installation, will he?
I have tried ghosting across PC's, and in my experience, if the h/ware is not the same, then XP complains that something has changed and wants Windows to be re-activated.
Is there a way around this, without calling Microsoft to explain the situation?
Thx again,
JB
I have tried ghosting across PC's, and in my experience, if the h/ware is not the same, then XP complains that something has changed and wants Windows to be re-activated.
Is there a way around this, without calling Microsoft to explain the situation?
Thx again,
JB
I have found that if the software can be reactivated online if the original activation is older than 6-9 months. Meaning if the key is old enough, it will accept the key online without calling MS for activation.
I used keyfinder from http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml, it gave me a product key but when I tried to reinstall windows xp on the same computer, setup would not accept the key as vaild?
what happend?
what happend?
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