Windows XP Product Key
Posted:
Mon Nov 14, 2005 4:32 pmby Muddy
Can You tell me how to extract the product key from the OS for my reference .I just bought a Dell from E-Bay that has XP Pro loaded on it,but the Company where it came from took all the COA Stickers off the Cases.The guy I bought the Computer tell me it has the "Geniune Advantage Validation Tool" and all the latest updates so it would be considered my OS.Thanks!
ViewKeyXP
Posted:
Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:47 pmby Muddy
That Key Finder no longer works so I found this one!http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ViewKeyXP.htm Thanks for the Help!
Posted:
Tue Nov 15, 2005 6:38 amby icecube
You still might have problems. The COA is your proof of ownership.
The key you are going to pull off the Dell is a a Volume License Key. They build an image with a vlk and clone a couple of million machines. At the same time, they buy COA's from Microsoft and put them on the machines. Both numbers will work on a new install with the vendors cd.
You can also install a bootleged copy of XP Pro and put the"Geniune Advantage Validation Tool" on it and tell it to run as a windows 2000 program, and make it think that it is legit. This sounds like what you've got.
The only reason I can think that someone would remove the COA is because they want the OS on a new system--The software is transferable.
Here is an excellent program for finding your product key
It also works on MS Office as well.