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I have a screwed up registry (it came off a different computer with entries
for all the wrong chipsets) and will probably have to repair it from a copy
of a Windows 2000 install disc I was using for SFCs on this system (which
came with a recovery disc I no longer have)

I have BartPE and want to get the existing product key out of the registry
to put in when asked for it by the repair installation. Does anyone know
where to find it in which file on Windows 2000 please? It isn't in system or
user.dat in WINNT or WINNT\SYSTEM32 (which don't seem to exist in 2000)
 
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| I have a screwed up registry (it came off a different computer with
entries
| for all the wrong chipsets) and will probably have to repair it from a
copy
| of a Windows 2000 install disc I was using for SFCs on this system (which
| came with a recovery disc I no longer have)
|
| I have BartPE and want to get the existing product key out of the registry
| to put in when asked for it by the repair installation. Does anyone know
| where to find it in which file on Windows 2000 please? It isn't in system
or
| user.dat in WINNT or WINNT\SYSTEM32 (which don't seem to exist in 2000)
|
|
 
Sorry about that: You are absolutely correct and I have never multi-posted
before

I posted to one group and when I saw no answer in a few days, started to
wonder whether I needed to post to the RIGHT group. (Then embarassed, I
saw the answer in an earlier posting to A correct group)
 
No problem.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

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| Sorry about that: You are absolutely correct and I have never multi-posted
| before
|
| I posted to one group and when I saw no answer in a few days, started to
| wonder whether I needed to post to the RIGHT group. (Then embarassed, I
| saw the answer in an earlier posting to A correct group)
|
|
 
Both WINNT in WINNT\System32 do exist in Windows 2000. The registry hive
files are located in WINNT\system32\config. I'd guess that the product
key is stored in the system file in that folder, but it's encrypted.
There are various program that can extract the product key from an
operational system, but I don't know of anything that will work with a
stand-alone hive.
 
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