Am I looking in the wrong place or did it just not install correctly? If it did could you help me uninstall it? If you're using Windows Virtual PC you won't need the key. This key will be needed if you manually create a differencing disk from the installed VHD or you're using an alternate VM application instead of using the automated setup. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Windows Client. Which one should I use? Is it safe to format my hard driv?
In reply to jsknight's post on December 3, If you have a computer that came with Windows pre-installed, the "original equipment manufacturer" OEM almost certainly used a special generic product key that Microsoft allows the big OEMs to use in order to make and "pre-activate" their thousands of machines.
That key is what will be shown by a keyfinder utility The specific machine you bought has its own individual license, and that's what's on the sticker. If you reinstall Windows using a special "hidden partition" on the hard drive, you don't need to activate the computer at all. That method of restoring gets the computer back to the way it was when it first left the factory, i. On the other hand, if you reinstall Windows using a "generic OEM" CD one not specifically for your brand of computer , you need the product key from the sticker in order to activate.
The CD must be for the same version of Windows e. If you bought a new version of Windows, it will have come with its own product key, and that's what you should use, not the one of the sticker or the one used by the original manufacturer.
If necessary, the installation process itself will do that. Actually, you wouldn't be able to format the system drive from within Windows; you'd have to use a different tool to do that think of sitting on a tree limb while wanting to saw it off. Before you get yourself in trouble, perhaps you'd care to explain a why you think you need to reinstall Windows and b what method and what media you plan to use to do this.
In reply to LemP's post on December 3, I thought by re-installing XP the computer might run faster. Would this disk contain drivers for the hardware in my computer?
In reply to jsknight's post on December 4, Setup takes this information, mixes it with information it derives from the hardware configuration of the workstation, and creates a code that it sends to Microsoft to validate the installation.
This can cause problems for support techs, because each product key can be used only one time. That means each Windows XP workstation in your organization has a different product key. Taking this number, ViewKeyXP deciphers and displays your original product key. You can then write this number down and reinstall Windows XP. It works only with Windows XP. Hi i have testet nearly every key for xp pro 64 bit and no key wa working, Can somebody pls help.
This archive. Check it out! You have to choice your edition if you are pro then take proc license key if education take education got it? Thank you denizssch for shared this file!! Thank you MeekRaindrop it worked for me. Hey, does anyone have a key for Windows 64x Pro. None of the Keys I've tried have worked. Thanks :. Skip to content. Sign in Sign up.
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