Need help finding the correct XP CD key

[ellingsen1]

Hopefully someone can help me out. I have 3 computers at home and each has it's own copy of XP with a unique cd key. When the wife cleaned up a while ago she put all the copies of XP together. I need to reinstall XP on one of them and don't know what key goes with which machine. Is it stored anywhere on the disk or in the registry? I would hate to install the wrong one and have things borked up when it goes to reactivate. Anybody have any suggestions?

 

[Bouncing Zabaglione Bros.]

There are some programs out there that can read/change your XP key directly out of the registry. Useful when you've can't find your key for a reinstall.

 

[ellingsen1]

Thanks BZB,

One kind soul gave me a link to this prog. and it did the trick perfectly. I does not change the key, just reads it. I included the link below in case anybody else should run into the same problem. Now I am off to run it on the other 2 computers and mark which machine each CD key goes to on the XP case (folder).

http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml

 

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