Comments on: Windows XP and Vista Product Key Recovery

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:32:12 +0000

Old Dell laptop died, I removed the hard drive and placed it in a portable USB case and that part works great as I can now access all my old files from my new laptop running vista.

I now need to recover the original CD/Product key and when I try to load the ntuser.dat file with loadhive I get an error message saying “A required privelege is not held by the client.” I have set the owner to Administrators group on the new laptop and I have added Administrators group with full control priveleges but I keep getting this error message. Please help! Thanks!

By: FiL

FiL — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:24:58 +0000

I would like to thank you for this ever-useful tip.

And I would like to report with ecstasy that, following a very similar method, one’s Microsoft Office key can also be extracted!

Just load the SOFTWARE hive from whichever machine you need it from, from \%SystemRoot%\System32\config\software
Then, select Microsoft > Office > 11.0 > Registration
OR Microsoft > Office > Registration if there is no “11.0″ subdirectory.

Finally, double click on “DigitalProductID” from the aforementioned registry entry and from herein do exactly as you would to extract your XP key (see way above for instructions).

I’m guessing that both Office and XP install keys use the same method of encryption, enabling this method to be applicable.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

By: s

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:44:02 +0000

hi there
could you please help me with my product key number when i open any window it keep ask me the key number i put so many times but it dosen’t work
thank you

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:15:51 +0000

This is a FANTASTIC tool! I use it a lot. One thing: Could you make one that does it in reverse–an encrypter?

By: Allan

Allan — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:52:50 +0000

Hello.
Someone can tell me how can I figure out, using the windows Registry, which windows Xp have I installed?

Thanks

By: Christina

Christina — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:57:32 +0000

I bought a dimension dell E521 and it has vista on it all the programs that are on it ask for a product key… i entered the one on the sticker on the top of computer but its not working can you help??

By: khalid

khalid — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:06:52 +0000

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By: nolonemo

nolonemo — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:41:34 +0000

Robyn, you need to extract the CD key from a Dell computer to use with the Dell disk. The OEM keys are not interchangeable between the versions of XP provided to the different OEMs. (This is assuming that what’s on the Dell disc is an OEM version and not a retail version.)

By: Robyn

Robyn — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:31:34 +0000

Hi All,
I have a stumper (at least I think it is).

I have an IBM with XP Pro that needed a repair (I have an xp pro cd, but no original key with this machine).
So during the repair I need to re-enter the cd key. I am able to access the command prompt during install using Shift + F10 (A good tip if you don’t already know it) to get access to the registry and get bytes 52-66 from DigitalProductID. The problem is that it gives me a key, I type it in, and it says it’s invalid. I’ve verified by also using Magical Jelly Bean and it gives me the exact same key and same error.

I am wondering if anyone has had this issue?
I am wondering if it’s because the xp pro cd that I have was issued by Dell (its authentic not a restore disk – just issued by them) and it’s an IBM pc, could this make a difference?

Any suggestions?

Thanks a bunch
Robyn~

By: Caglar ARSLAN

Caglar ARSLAN — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:15:20 +0000

thanks a lot.. all you said is working… I ve tried myself.

By: Fritti

Fritti — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:39:56 +0000

How can i copy the 15 bit code into the dagon program?

By: miqbals

miqbals — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:16:14 +0000

I use Linux and had been using Windows for years. I was trying to re-install my brother’s PC (who lost his passwd) and this one still AMAZED me:)

Guys, you’re all rock!

Thank you from Indonesia.

By: Rich in Lima Peru

Rich in Lima Peru — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:06:58 +0000

Worked like a charm, thanks so much

By: GiGi

GiGi — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:43:29 +0000

Thanks for this I was able to find the key but it says thats its mistyped(and I checked and re-checked)…what could this mean?

By: TM

TM — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:03:59 +0000

This was perfect! I was able to pull up the CD No problem! Awesome instructions! Finding this nugget of info was a God send for me since some r-tard at my office threw away the panel that had the COA on it.