how to pull the product key from my Microsoft Windows CD?

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spironox

spironox

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how do i pull the product key from my Microsoft Windows CD?


i got the windows xp Porfessional orginal cd, in sort of a messy condition thrown away state.. the user seems to be somewhat furious abt the operating system i guess

now i have this gleaming org version cd but no keys eventhough i know its fruitless yet i tried tracing the owner but failed at the first step itself...

i dialled microsoft.. they refused bluntly now i am clueless ..

anyone with any idea what to do with the cd .. the mere sight of a orginal version windows proessional cd and me in a helpless condition is not good site


can anyone help me ??
suggstions are most welcomed
 
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spironox

spironox

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dearest friend

this the same thing what microsoft said to me but what should i do i mean i am clueless shall i just dispose off the cd !!!

or is there any way to get to the user who brought this software !!!

i am not asking for any favour i am in a fix and just requesting people if they know what to do i mean leagally .. it would be real stupid to put up a FIR or report in LOST N FOUND!!1


can u tell me another way around !!!

and can u explain what illegal i have done
i knocked up the legal door but ,,,, nothing worked
 
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abhijangda

Padawan
If you have installed your Windows XP with this cd then u can use ViewKeyXP. But remember you can use it if it is without SP2
 
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spironox

spironox

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abhijangda said:
If you have installed your Windows XP with this cd then u can use ViewKeyXP. But remember you can use it if it is without SP2
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dear friend

my pc is working with winxp home .. i have a license for that
i got this xp -pro -sp1

if i use a pirated key then the viewkeyxp will show me the pirated key of my pc see the software cant acess the cd for the key generation


what do u suggest now
 
ECE0105

ECE0105

In the zone
n2casey said:
I have already told u that illegal talks not allowed here.

Thread reported.
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Maybe u didn't understand the question. He was not talking illegal. He just wanted to know whether he cud find answers to his question.

AFAIK, there is no way to know the Serial Number from the Windows XP CD (or any OS CD for that matter).
 
n2casey

n2casey

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ECE0105 said:
AFAIK, there is no way to know the Serial Number from the Windows XP CD (or any OS CD for that matter).
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Who told u that it is not possible to know the serial number from WinXP CD, the only difference will b, the key & also the way is illegal.
Every s/w can generate a valid serial so that it can compare with one provided by user.

ECE0105 said:
Maybe u didn't understand the question. He was not talking illegal. He just wanted to know whether he cud find answers to his question.
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I understand the thing which he asked, the which is illegal in his post is, to ask a way to know the KEY from WinXP CD.
 
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man_in_black

Broken In
@ n2casey

hey ! we know that microsoft people r not that smart but they r not fools (after all they r the biggest software company). Extracting the key from the genuine (or pirated) XP CD is as impossible as cracking the NTFS encryption. Of'course softwares do exist which can check a small database of pirated keys against ur CD on trial-n-error basis.

@ spironox

just break the CD and throw it in the bin. That's possibly the most legal thing u can do now as u've failed to find the entitled user.
aahemmmm...!!! and don't use google to find some pirated keys, that'll be the most illegal thing to do (perhaps u got what u wanted)
and chant this infront of ur PC 108 times:
"PIRACY IS ILLEGAL"
 
it_waaznt_me

it_waaznt_me

Coming back to life ..
In your Windows Cd, find a file called Winnt.sif .. Open it in notepad and find a string called "ProductId" .. Thats your installation key ..

You should be knowing that you cannot use someone else's product key with your installation disk as the product version may be different .. so you cannot install WXP Pro with an OEM key and so on ..


And now to your actual query, you cannot find the owner of the disk with the key .. Its not a phone number that you can dial and ask ..
 
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spironox

spironox

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man_in_black said:
@ n2casey

hey ! we know that microsoft people r not that smart but they r not fools (after all they r the biggest software company). Extracting the key from the genuine (or pirated) XP CD is as impossible as cracking the NTFS encryption. Of'course softwares do exist which can check a small database of pirated keys against ur CD on trial-n-error basis.

@ spironox

just break the CD and throw it in the bin. That's possibly the most legal thing u can do now as u've failed to find the entitled user.
aahemmmm...!!! and don't use google to find some pirated keys, that'll be the most illegal thing to do (perhaps u got what u wanted)
and chant this infront of ur PC 108 times:
"PIRACY IS ILLEGAL"
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thanks my friends

i mean i really thought of returning the cd to the person/organization to whom it belogned but the thing is my thread got some serious threats from some one who thinks he is the admin any how i am relaxed and may be i will keep the cd with me in safe hand with out any googled keys or keygens


thanks friends
 
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bugmenot

Broken In
it_waaznt_me said:
In your Windows Cd, find a file called Winnt.sif .. Open it in notepad and find a string called "ProductId" .. Thats your installation key ..

You should be knowing that you cannot use someone else's product key with your installation disk as the product version may be different .. so you cannot install WXP Pro with an OEM key and so on ..


And now to your actual query, you cannot find the owner of the disk with the key .. Its not a phone number that you can dial and ask ..
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quite interesting ... i didnt know this... does it really work man... lemme try and if it does you gain a rep point :p
 
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Siddharth Maheshwari

In the zone
Click on the start button
Click on run
Type regedit(inbuilt registry editor of windows)
Navigate to key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion]

a>Find the value "productid"
b>Open it by doubleclicking on it
c>The value present there is the key of ur XP


For the full tutorial of windows ownership tips visit my this tutorial:D ;)
 
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sakumar79

Technomancer
Okay, so you have a legal CD, but the product ID is not visible... You are wondering what to do with it... Simple... Use the CD, install XP, use a different Product ID (you will have to find out how to get that elsewhere, we cannot discuss it here)... Now, technically, you have a legal copy even though it is activated differently...

Arun
 
casanova

casanova

The Frozen Nova
it_waaznt_me said:
In your Windows Cd, find a file called Winnt.sif .. Open it in notepad and find a string called "ProductId" .. Thats your installation key ..

You should be knowing that you cannot use someone else's product key with your installation disk as the product version may be different .. so you cannot install WXP Pro with an OEM key and so on ..


And now to your actual query, you cannot find the owner of the disk with the key .. Its not a phone number that you can dial and ask ..
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I think this will be available only if the cd is for unattended setup.
 
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