Retrieve your XP CD key

Is there a way to find the key on an installation cd?

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Originally Posted by pjs1361

Is there a way to find the key on an installation cd?

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There is no key on the install CD.

Well, I have an intallation cd that i bought and my wife in all here wisdom threw away the folder it came in with the key written on it. I am running xp home and would like to install my copy of xp pro. Anyone know how I can accomplish this?

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Originally Posted by pjs1361

Well, I have an intallation cd that i bought and my wife in all here wisdom threw away the folder it came in with the key written on it. I am running xp home and would like to install my copy of xp pro. Anyone know how I can accomplish this?

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You will need to call Microsoft to get a new COA. You will most likely need to prove that you bought it.

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Originally Posted by Damned Angel

has anyone seen one that will work through dos?

I have NTFS 5 pro which will mount a ntfs partition in dos so that it is usable, but I can't boot to a customers xp install. I need the admin password to run a recovery console, but the customer can't remember what password they entered.

If there was a key grabber that worked in dos, I could grab their password, log into the recovery console, fix the registry and send the customer on their way. otherwise I have to re-install from scratch.

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Any password in you com+puter will bee showned in some seconds by 'Cain&Abel', a fine tool that can bee find on a lot of places, like in
http://www.heise.de/security/tools/default.shtml?prg=45

Greetings