Lost jacket with KEY

[Guest bzawwin]

I bought and installed (upgrade frm Home Edition) XP pro. Due to a computer

hang up I had to use my Recovery Disk on the computer to get back to where I

bought the computer. I have the original XP upgrade disk and the box but

somehow have misplaced the sleeve with the product key. I want to reinstall

the upgrade onto the SAME computer it was originally bought for and

installed. Am I out of luck?? HELP!

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bizza

[Guest JS]

Re: Lost jacket with KEY

 

Here are four utilities, all of which will display your product keys:

Belarc Advisor: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

(It does a good job of providing a wealth of information.)

Also: http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml

and: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html

and RockXP: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4138.html which has additional

features

 

Note: Also check the side of your PC case or bottom of the laptop for the

OEM key code. If there is a sticker with the code it will most likely not

match what is displayed by the utilities mentioned above as OEMs such as

Dell use an internal key code when they build your PC.

 

The key code on the sticker is for use with your Windows CD

(that hopefully came with your PC)

if you ever need to reinstall Windows.

 

JS

http://www.pagestart.com

 

"bzawwin" <bzawwin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:D86B35B9-4208-4189-BB21-9153835778A1@microsoft.com...

>I bought and installed (upgrade frm Home Edition) XP pro. Due to a

>computer

> hang up I had to use my Recovery Disk on the computer to get back to where

> I

> bought the computer. I have the original XP upgrade disk and the box but

> somehow have misplaced the sleeve with the product key. I want to

> reinstall

> the upgrade onto the SAME computer it was originally bought for and

> installed. Am I out of luck?? HELP!

> --

> bizza

[Guest Big_Al]

Re: Lost jacket with KEY

 

bzawwin wrote:

> I bought and installed (upgrade frm Home Edition) XP pro. Due to a computer

> hang up I had to use my Recovery Disk on the computer to get back to where I

> bought the computer. I have the original XP upgrade disk and the box but

> somehow have misplaced the sleeve with the product key. I want to reinstall

> the upgrade onto the SAME computer it was originally bought for and

> installed. Am I out of luck?? HELP!

 

There are a number of programs that will read the keys of a working

system. You're lucky if you still have the working computer. But not

sure if luck has run out if you've already done the recovery.

 

Belarc Advisor

SIW, system information for windows

 

There are others.

[Guest LVTravel]

Re: Lost jacket with KEY

 

 

"bzawwin" <bzawwin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:D86B35B9-4208-4189-BB21-9153835778A1@microsoft.com...

>I bought and installed (upgrade frm Home Edition) XP pro. Due to a

>computer

> hang up I had to use my Recovery Disk on the computer to get back to where

> I

> bought the computer. I have the original XP upgrade disk and the box but

> somehow have misplaced the sleeve with the product key. I want to

> reinstall

> the upgrade onto the SAME computer it was originally bought for and

> installed. Am I out of luck?? HELP!

> --

> bizza

 

If you have already used the Recovery Disk on the hard drive, you have wiped

out the copy of the key stored on the hard drive for your upgrade

installation that the products the other two posters mentioned would

recover.

 

To install the upgrade, you will need the original upgrade key or a

replacement key.

 

If you have the proper documentation see:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;326246 for

instructions on how to replace the key.

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Lost jacket with KEY

 

 

"bzawwin" <bzawwin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:D86B35B9-4208-4189-BB21-9153835778A1@microsoft.com...

>I bought and installed (upgrade frm Home Edition) XP pro. Due to a

>computer

> hang up I had to use my Recovery Disk on the computer to get back to where

> I

> bought the computer. I have the original XP upgrade disk and the box but

> somehow have misplaced the sleeve with the product key. I want to

> reinstall

> the upgrade onto the SAME computer it was originally bought for and

> installed. Am I out of luck?? HELP!

> --

> bizza

 

After resolving this irritating problem, plan ahead and create a printed

register of all product keys installed on your machine. They're worth a lot

of money!