Product Key Help

[Ronald Smith]

I have 2 computers both with their own Windows XP Pro.
The hard drive went bad on one of the computers and I need
to re-install 1 of my XP OS. How do I know which Product
Key since I did not label them. On the computer working
where can I find the product key that is being used?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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I have 2 computers both with their own Windows XP Pro.
The hard drive went bad on one of the computers and I need
to re-install 1 of my XP OS. How do I know which Product
Key since I did not label them. On the computer working
where can I find the product key that is being used?

You can find the Product key with any of these:

ViewKeyXP www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/ViewKeyXP.exe

AIDA32 http://www.aumha.org/freeware.htm

Everest
http://www.lavalys.com/index.php?page=product&view=1

Magical Jellybean www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml

Belarc Advisor www.belarc.com/free_download.html

 

[CS]

I have 2 computers both with their own Windows XP Pro.
The hard drive went bad on one of the computers and I need
to re-install 1 of my XP OS. How do I know which Product
Key since I did not label them. On the computer working
where can I find the product key that is being used?

Go here to download a keyfinder program:

http://www.paulsxp.com/downloads.html

It's the first item on the page.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have 2 computers both with their own Windows XP Pro.
The hard drive went bad on one of the computers and I need
to re-install 1 of my XP OS. How do I know which Product
Key since I did not label them. On the computer working
where can I find the product key that is being used?

get the free Everest Home edition from
http://www.lavalys.com/index.php?page=product&view=1
which is an excellent general System Info tool, and its Operating System
- Operating System page will tell you the one used

Note that if the machine came with XP installed, this will probably give
a key used in producing an original image, then cloned to all machines
they make. So it is not the one for a reinstall. But then the key will
be on a label on the case of the machine