Can I re-obtain my XP product key from MS?


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    Blackcomb Vienna Windows6.1 Windows7
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    Can I re-obtain my XP product key from MS?


    Now that it is pre-ordering time, I am pretty well convinced that I am going to order a three upgrades to Windows 7 Pro. However, in thinking about it, I realized that, like a dope, I never took the time to record my PK before I erased my genuine copy of XP Home back when I started beta testing on my HP Mini (which of course comes with no CDs). Windows was most certainly "activated." Does Microsoft have a mechanism for retrieving lost keys so that I don't have to pay three times as much?
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    Windows 7
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    Aren't there usually stickers on the PC somewhere that have the product key? Or in a booklet that was included?
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    Blackcomb Vienna Windows6.1 Windows7
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    Melee54 said:
    Aren't there usually stickers on the PC somewhere that have the product key? Or in a booklet that was included?

    lol, IAFI. This is probably the first pre-built computer I've bought since the early Nineties. I never thought to look there. I was pissed when I first got it that I did not get the holographic certificate of authenticity and backup CD like I would when purchasing retail. Sorry to waste the forum's time, lol.
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    Windows 7 32-bit; no 64 coz its a P4 478
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    NONO... you cant do that... but you can run a program that shows your product key..
    Go here and download it and run it: Magical Jelly Bean Software - Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder v2.0.1
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    Blackcomb Vienna Windows6.1 Windows7
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    akash3656 said:
    NONO... you cant do that... but you can run a program that shows your product key..
    Go here and download it and run it: Magical Jelly Bean Software - Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder v2.0.1
    Well, the point was that I had already formatted over that install and had been putting the betas on that partition without ever having recorded the PK -- thankfully, it _was_ on a label affixed to the bottom of my Mini.

    I tried that program on my other PC, though, and it worked like charm. Thanks for the post!
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