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« on: May 09, 2009, 02:32:21 PM »
 You have a legit XP cd, and the sticker was on the machine, but the machine was stolen ? I'm at the beginning of installing, where it say's it wants the key, now, if I could get the thing to go that one little step further, I could find the key from within the OS, there's several ways to do that.

 So whadaya do ?
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« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2009, 10:41:30 PM »
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http://www.snapfiles.com/get/gepkeyfinder.html

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

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/tipstricks/ht/findxpkey.htm
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« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2009, 05:24:23 AM »
Thanks pixie for the reply and the links Smile Much appreciated.

 The links however are to get the key from within a running windows installation.

 There is another way, but for some reason, I dont get the proper key, what am I doing wrong, I have done this before and grabbed the key.

 This is a legit way to get your own key, there's nothing illegal about getting your own key from within your own copy of windows. afak to date  :haha:




1) Insert Windows XP cd into an already good to go computer.
2) Exit Autorun
3) Open “My Computer”
4) Right Click on the Windows XP cd-rom drive and select explore.
5) Open the USWXP32P_ZX folder. (It may be as a hidden folder. otherwise look in i386 folder and skip step 6)
6) Brows to the sysprep folder.
7) Look in unattend.txt

It should be at the bottom of the text page .

 But the key thats in mine, doesnt work, WTH ?????????????

 Can anyone else look in there's and compare the key in " unattended.txt" w/ the installation key, tell me if there is a difference, Ive never had to do it this way, just install it on it's own, so this might be another key ?
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« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2009, 05:36:12 AM »
Hey , correct me if I am wrong but all the windows CD's  are identical ,  the key is a ( not sure of the correct word here ) a logrithem ?,
derived from the CD code,  and any correct key works on any CD , even keygen ones , well untill you try to update on line ,

But I will check my XP disk later , got to dash now ( late again )
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« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2009, 05:51:33 AM »
Quote from: Roco on May 11, 2009, 05:36:12 AM
Hey , correct me if I am wrong but all the windows CD's  are identical ,  the key is a ( not sure of the correct word here ) a logrithem ?,
derived from the CD code,  and any correct key works on any CD , even keygen ones , well untill you try to update on line ,

But I will check my XP disk later , got to dash now ( late again )

algorithm ?   and if that were true, Id'e b a happy man. But In some ways your correct , I don't know how, but I have heard something like that before.
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« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2009, 06:07:28 AM »
So I am Late   Laughing not worth going now anyway ,

well I got intrigued with this one , thanks Mudmance  Evil or Very Mad

I followed you destructions  ,( BTW I found "unattend.txt" by using search  pointed to my Cd drive )
it had
JJW..  ....,. etc   it looks like the key (5x5)  but not the key  I am running on,

BTW, it's XP pro and ligit,

I am following this with interest , this eve I might get chance to load up and try using the JJW .......... and see what happens on a old box,
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« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2009, 05:44:53 PM »
Just checked my XP computer. The ProductKey in the unattend.txt file is completely different then the one on the sticker that I use to activate windowsXP when I do a clean install. This is with a XP SP-2 disk. The computer has been upgraded to SP-3.
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« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2009, 06:11:48 PM »
I found the same Buntz  and mine is on XP Sp3 ,
It's1AM UK , so no more checking for me today, but I will try the code found . and  use magic jelly bean Ver !  ,it allows lic key changes in XP , and warrns of not valed keys ,

out of curiosity Buntz whats the first 3  that you found in the " unattend.txt file ",
Mudmance is seeing WTH...............
I am seeing  JJW................

mine is from my original XP pro disk ,

BTW 75% of XP computers puters I have worked on are not legit on the licence key , shocked
most of the stickers had a win M.E licence on the outside  Laughing,
maybe XP was that good , to fake ?, I guess history will tell on that ,
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« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2009, 06:24:52 PM »
My first three are RH6. This is on a original XP SP-2 System Builders-OEM disk [ for one computer use only ]  I brought from Newegg.com.
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« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2009, 08:24:37 PM »
Still workin on this one , i know it's been a while since Iv'e done it, and both of you proved that I'm not barkin up the wrong file, or did you lol, either way, there is a way to get the key w/o those other programs, I'm close.
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« Reply #10 on: May 11, 2009, 09:24:37 PM »
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/

maybe that will help??
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« Reply #11 on: May 12, 2009, 09:47:44 AM »
I can now confirm the #'s in the unattend.txt folder on the CD are not a working license.key ,
just tried it on my spare computer , AKA "sitting duck",  Laughing , it just gets used for tryouts of software and hardware ,

magic jellybean  Key finder was good  in it's original V1-1.5  , it could change the existing license key ,
I notice v2 dosn't have that ability  it can only read the key Crying or Very sad

ver 1.5 is still out there though , but it takes some finding last time I looked

so what are  the 5x5 numbers on the CD   ,if they are not the key ?
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« Reply #12 on: May 12, 2009, 09:55:22 AM »
Quote from: Roco on May 12, 2009, 09:47:44 AM
so what are  the 5x5 numbers on the CD   ,if they are not the key ?

Those numbers are the day the world ends and machines take over the world and bill gates brain is the commander of all devices running windows except vista cause its stupid.  angel  angel
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« Reply #13 on: May 12, 2009, 09:58:41 AM »
Quote from: RyanS. on May 11, 2009, 09:24:37 PM
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/

maybe that will help??
Thanks everyone.

 My next question is do any of these allow the visibility of the installation key before installation, such as viewing the disk content through a running machine ? This is what I need. What can you come up with, I know I'm not the only one that has had this problem, there's hundreds of us, so I'll post what we find out in the guides section, w/ references to whoever helps with resolving  it.
Quote from: pepsiguy on May 12, 2009, 09:55:22 AM
Those numbers are the day the world ends and machines take over the world and bill gates brain is the commander of all devices running windows except vista cause its stupid.  angel  angel
:haha: :haha: Thanks for the laugh
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« Reply #14 on: May 12, 2009, 10:10:56 AM »
YOUR WELCOME cheesy ironically i am using a comp with VISTA.  cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy
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