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    i have my sons computer,its a dell,it has a non genuine xp professional program on it.for some reason i can not get on the internet.thats another question.i have a dell operating disk with xp professional +sp2 . how can i find the product key for the disk?

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    dell pc's have the product key on the case of the machine in question

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    Re: misterjenxs

    AFAIK the windows key is either on a sticker on the case - check the back panel around the PSU, or somewhere in the documents your son got from dell when he bought the computer.

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    i apologize for not giving all the details.the pc is a coup;e of years old and used.the disk i have doesnt belong to that pc that i know of. i searched the web and found the solution{,Let’s start this response by stating there are more answers to this puzzle than meet the naked eye so we’ll cover just a few things that you can do.

    1. If you’re OS is at least in tact and accessible find and write down the “Product ID” (not the Product Key obviously because that’s what you are trying to find) by looking on the “General” tab of the “System Properties” and do a search for Product ID converters and use one of the freeware utilities to convert your Product ID back to the original Product Key and if you have the original CD at this point you whack the box and reload with the product key.

    2. If you have the original CD, open the \i386 folder and first off search for 3 distinct files (winnt.sif, unattend.txt, and setupp.ini). To see them all you will have to have hidden files and folders and hide extensions for known file types unchecked in folder options and if you don’t know how do this then you don’t need to be trying this anyway. If you have all 3 files, chances are you have an OEM version of the software. You can verify this by opening the setupp.ini file with notepad and look at the “PID=” and you should see a value similar to this “PID=55277OEM”, which indicates the CD is a Windows XP Home Edition and it’s an OEM version. The last 3 characters of the value indicate whether or not it’s OEM, Retail, Upgrade or Volume licensing. You can search more on versioning on your own. At any rate, This is good for you because your search is done. Now, open up the “winnt.sif” file with notepad and look for the “Product Key=”. This key is your product key and NOT the one in the unattend.txt file. Okay, once you have the key from the winnt.sif file whack the box and install the OS using the key from the winnt.sif then connect to the internet and activate your product.

    3. Last tidbit. The masses are correct in the fact that the unattend.txt file contains a key however that key is simply used for a 30-day trial and/or activation period. You should be able to use that key if you do not have a winnt.sif file however keep in mind that key will only buy you enough time to get the system operational. You will still have to get a valid key prior to trial/activation end or the system will halt on you and you’ll be right back at square one. The second piece of this is you will be limited to what Microsoft updates will download and install based on service pack number for the original installation.

    FINAL NOTE: The information provided is strictly for educational and recovery use only and not intended for use in any hacking, cracking, reverse engineering, or other activity that is illegal in nature. If you legitimately own an original CD and have truly lost the key or then this information is for you. On the other hand, if you have a legitimate key and don’t have your original OS CD/DVD then that’s another story and maybe we’ll get into that the next time.}

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