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From: LVTravel on 28 Mar 2010 20:32


"jack wilkinson" <bargaindirect(a)clerk.com> wrote in message
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> Hi my computer all a sudden crashed and i reinstalled xp but lost product
> key and microsoft wont help mecan you please give me a product key
>

No product key on the computer's back or bottom? Where then did you get the
original installation of XP?

From: BillyBob on 28 Mar 2010 23:42
"jack wilkinson" <bargaindirect(a)clerk.com> wrote in message
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> Hi my computer all a sudden crashed and i reinstalled xp but lost product
> key and microsoft wont help mecan you please give me a product key

Jack,

Those Microsoft people; they're SO stingy when it comes to handing out
product keys just for the asking. It's not like my local car dealer. Now,
*they* have nice people working there. I went up to a car on the lot and I
told the salesman, "I just bought this car even though it still has your
stickers on the window and I lost the keys. Will you please give me another
key ?" They did ! Man are they nice. Maybe Microsoft should call them and
learn a thing or two about customer service.

Jack, call Microsoft and tell them to call the car dealer at 1-800-437-6200.
Then, Tuesday, call Microsoft back. I'll bet you they'll give you two
product key then.

You can thank me later.

BillyBob

From: BillyBob on 29 Mar 2010 01:36
"LVTravel" <noone(a)none.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "jack wilkinson" <bargaindirect(a)clerk.com> wrote in message
> news:efTeyFszKHA.2436(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Hi my computer all a sudden crashed and i reinstalled xp but lost product
>> key and microsoft wont help mecan you please give me a product key
>>
>
> No product key on the computer's back or bottom? Where then did you get
> the original installation of XP?

LVTravel,

I believe Jack got his the same way I got mine. The product key for the
original installation was not on the back or the bottom. It was inside.
The outside of the box said something like "Croacker Jack" or "Cracker Jack"
and the key was *inside* the box.

I'm pretty sure that's it.

He gets what he gets for not saving the product key in a safe place. I feel
real bad for him.....OK, I don't.

BillyBob

From: Pegasus [MVP] on 29 Mar 2010 02:05


"LVTravel" <noone(a)none.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:uYHbsrszKHA.6112(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>>
>> "jack wilkinson" <bargaindirect(a)clerk.com> wrote in message
>> news:efTeyFszKHA.2436(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi my computer all a sudden crashed and i reinstalled xp but lost
>>> product key and microsoft wont help mecan you please give me a product
>>> key
>>
>> Since software can cost a lot of money, people tend to keep detailed
>> lists of their software purchases, complete with product keys. If you
>> didn't then you need to extract yours the hard way round: Download a copy
>> of keyfinder from http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml, then
>> ask a computer-savvy friend to assist you in connecting your hard disk to
>> his machine so that you can extract your product key from the off-line
>> registry. It works - I have done it myself.
>
> Even after reinstalling XP?

The OP needs to have a complete copy of the original System registry hive.
If he overwrote his old installation without having any backups then there
is no hope.

From: VanguardLH on 29 Mar 2010 07:29
jack wilkinson wrote:

> Hi my computer all a sudden crashed and i reinstalled xp but lost product
> key and microsoft wont help mecan you please give me a product key

And just how did you "lose" the sticker on the case? Uh huh.
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