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Earl	18th March 2008 00:37

Vista Product Key

Is there any way to read the product Key off the original installation Disk.
Upgrading with a bigger H/D and apparently have misplaced the Product key.
Guess as a last resort I could always clone the old drive to the new one.
Thanks,
Earl

Bushfiva

18th March 2008 00:46

Quote:

Is there any way to read the product Key off the original installation Disk

If you mean from the installation CD, then no, since it's not on there. It's either in the Vista manual, on a certificate sheet, or stuck to the computer if preinstalled.

If you mean from the hard disk, then yes. It's encrypted in the registry, so Googling for a key finder program should help.

Nani	18th March 2008 01:35

Earl,

Download and run this software http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html , you will get all your program keys listed.

Earl	18th March 2008 02:08

Thanks Nani,
Belarc worked like a charm, all keys listed.
Earl

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