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Presario 1230 Restore Cd, missing product key
Well I tried to restore my compaq presario 1230, but don't have the manual
with the product key. I bought this laptop from a friend since the screen was bad. Come to find out that it was just a $40 cable.. I've tried dozens of product keys that I have from computers that I don't need anymore. Does anyone know if the CD can only use 1 very specific product key? Is there a way to extract a key from the CD? I'm not trying to do anything illegal, just trying to use what I currently have. thanks in advance.. jimbo505 (at) msn.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.541 / Virus Database: 335 - Release Date: 11/14/2003 |
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Check the Registry. I forget where exactly, but the number is stored there.
KC "jimbo" wrote in message om... Well I tried to restore my compaq presario 1230, but don't have the manual with the product key. I bought this laptop from a friend since the screen was bad. Come to find out that it was just a $40 cable.. I've tried dozens of product keys that I have from computers that I don't need anymore. Does anyone know if the CD can only use 1 very specific product key? Is there a way to extract a key from the CD? I'm not trying to do anything illegal, just trying to use what I currently have. thanks in advance.. jimbo505 (at) msn.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.541 / Virus Database: 335 - Release Date: 11/14/2003 |
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"Kevin Childers" wrote in message ... Check the Registry. I forget where exactly, but the number is stored there. KC "jimbo" wrote in message om... Well I tried to restore my compaq presario 1230, but don't have the manual with the product key. I bought this laptop from a friend since the screen was bad. Come to find out that it was just a $40 cable.. snip HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pro ductKey Alinator |
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Hi Alinator.
Looks like you might know the answer to my question. When I bought my old notebook(a used Dell), it had Office 97 installed on it. It was bought during the time that they were sending out vouchers for the Office 2000 upgrade. The original owner got the Office 2000 installation disks from Dell(#1 for the install and #2 for the optional Publisher, Small Business Tools, etc) and installed both. He could never find the disks themselves. I do have the Office 97 disk. I now want to install the Office suite on my new Compaq EVO n1015v notebook. I have a friends copy of Office 2000(and the actual Office 97 disk) but would you know where in the registry to find the 25 digit Product Key for Office 2000? I would appreciate any advice you(or any one else) would have for me. Thanks Jim In article , says... "Kevin Childers" wrote in message ... Check the Registry. I forget where exactly, but the number is stored there. KC "jimbo" wrote in message om... Well I tried to restore my compaq presario 1230, but don't have the manual with the product key. I bought this laptop from a friend since the screen was bad. Come to find out that it was just a $40 cable.. snip HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pr oductKey Alinator |
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"JIM HUNTER" wrote in message .. . Hi Alinator. Looks like you might know the answer to my question. When I bought my old notebook(a used Dell), it had Office 97 installed on it. It was bought during the time that they were sending out vouchers for the Office 2000 upgrade. The original owner got the Office 2000 installation disks from Dell(#1 for the install and #2 for the optional Publisher, Small Business Tools, etc) and installed both. He could never find the disks themselves. I do have the Office 97 disk. I now want to install the Office suite on my new Compaq EVO n1015v notebook. I have a friends copy of Office 2000(and the actual Office 97 disk) but would you know where in the registry to find the 25 digit Product Key for Office 2000? I would appreciate any advice you(or any one else) would have for me. Thanks Jim snip Ah yes, been there, done that! ;-) You can pull the product key for the installed version of Office by running a Regedit search for "productkey". There may be several of them for other MS components, so you may have to F3 a few times to find the right registry key. The problem here is the key you pull from the installed version of 2K on the Dell won't help you to do an upgrade from your friends copy of Office, since his CDs are keyed to his Product Key, not yours. Also, this key won't work to install 97 either, because the original key gets overwritten during the upgrade process. I'm assuming you got the key for 97 when you bought the Dell, since it seems your getting stuck migrating 2K to your new machine if I read your posts correctly. My guess is the previous owner didn't want to give up the Office 2000 upgrade, since it seems unlikely someone would "misplace" something that would cost at least a couple of hundred bucks to replace! HTH, Alinator |
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Well I'm trying to install the software, it asked for the serial number
which I provided, when when it comes to the product key I don't have it. Is there a way to get it off the Cd itself? "Kevin Childers" wrote in message ... Check the Registry. I forget where exactly, but the number is stored there. KC "jimbo" wrote in message om... Well I tried to restore my compaq presario 1230, but don't have the manual with the product key. I bought this laptop from a friend since the screen was bad. Come to find out that it was just a $40 cable.. I've tried dozens of product keys that I have from computers that I don't need anymore. Does anyone know if the CD can only use 1 very specific product key? Is there a way to extract a key from the CD? I'm not trying to do anything illegal, just trying to use what I currently have. thanks in advance.. jimbo505 (at) msn.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.541 / Virus Database: 335 - Release Date: 11/14/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.545 / Virus Database: 339 - Release Date: 11/27/2003 |
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"jimbo" wrote in message news Well I'm trying to install the software, it asked for the serial number which I provided, when when it comes to the product key I don't have it. Is there a way to get it off the Cd itself? snip Generally speaking, no it isn't possible to pull the key directly off the CD. That said, there are ways to get around a lost key. Run a Google search for "lost windows 98 product key" for some ideas. HTH, Alinator |
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Alinator wrote:
"jimbo" wrote in message news Well I'm trying to install the software, it asked for the serial number which I provided, when when it comes to the product key I don't have it. Is there a way to get it off the Cd itself? snip Generally speaking, no it isn't possible to pull the key directly off the CD. That said, there are ways to get around a lost key. Run a Google search for "lost windows 98 product key" for some ideas. HTH, Alinator The serial number, AIRC, is in the About Office, under the help menu. It is the first X digits of the product code that is listed there. If your friend has it installed....... Q |
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