[Iron Monkey]

*****STICKY THIS*****

I needed an XP Pro key for a nephew who wanted to downgrade from Shi---er, Vista, but only had Dell/my own. Came across this in Tech Republic....IT DOES WORK!

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How-To: Find Windows XP Product Key from the Windows XP CD:

1) Insert Windows XP cd into a working computer.
2) Exit the Autorun introduction.
3) Open “My Computer”
4) Right Click on the Windows XP cd-rom drive and select explore.
5) Open the USWXP32P_ZX folder. (It may be as a hidden folder. If you cannot locate the folder, you may also search for unattend.txt and mark “Search Hidden Files”.)
6) Open the sysprep folder.
7) Open unattend.txt

Your CD’s product key is contained within the unattend.txt file.

[WIDOWMAKER99]

huh ?

[WIDOWMAKER99]

and i bet if ya run magic jelly bean key finder you'll find your dells' key does not match your sticker

[Iron Monkey]

Good info Wid...did not know about that .sif file. Wish I'd known about the active Internet connection....we're getting prompted for a new key, and the install key I found isn't working. Grrr.

Yep, know (and enjoy) the Dell key...though I've never done it with an active connection. I'm betting HP, as big as they are, place some code to differentiate between Business and Retail hardware. Grrr.

[WIDOWMAKER99]

[Hellwalker]

[computer geek]

This is not a warez site, please do not post information about finding software, serial numbers, or cracks on this forum

Thanks




here is a xp pro product key this should work...

SERIAL KEY DELETED

[bluemeenie]

I usually keep my corporate install keys secret and safe. Posting them on the web is a good way to get your corporate key revoked as MS does do searches for them every now and then.

[WIDOWMAKER99]

very good point meeenie!