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From: jack wilkinson on 28 Mar 2010 17:54
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


From: sgopus on 28 Mar 2010 18:40
No

"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
>
>
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>
From: Pegasus [MVP] on 28 Mar 2010 19:03


"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.

From: LD55ZRA on 28 Mar 2010 19:16
It depends on how you managed to install Windows XP. Did you install it
with a CD supplied to you by your computer maker? If so then the product
key is at the base of your laptop or at the side of your desktop.

If you installed it with a CD you bought in a box from your local store then
the product key should be on the sleeve of the CD on an orange label.

If you downloaded the OS from a hackers site then the product ID was on the
screen and also in a dot txt or dot info file that came with it.

Please give us more info so that our resident specialists can help you out
here.

hth

"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
>


From: LVTravel on 28 Mar 2010 20:31


"Pegasus [MVP]" <news(a)microsoft.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
>
> 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?

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