Do you not know your computer operating systems’ serial number and
you need it? If you want to re-install windows, or do any major updating
it may require you to enter you serial number to confirm you indeed
have a license for the software. This tutorial will guide you through
using a website and information from your registry to get your CD-Key.
This way, you wont have to download any software, as most of these
utilities have viruses associated with them. First we need to get some
information from the registry.
Click on Start and select “Run”
Type in “regedit” into the run box that comes up. This will launch
the registry editor.
This is the registry editor with all trees minimized. This tool will
allow us to make many changes within all of our applications and the
operating system. You can severely damage your computer in here, so
please be careful not to mess with anything unless told to do so. To
continue with our tutorial we need to locate the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
google_protectAndRun("ads_core.google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad);
Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Expand SOFTWARE
Scroll down and expand Microsoft
Scroll down and expand WindowsNT
Highlight CurrentVersion. This will show you a whole bunch of keys in
the right pane of the editor. I have blacked out the ones that will
give out valuable information.
Look for the key in the right pane called “DigitalProductID” and
double click on it.
The above box has the key in it but it is embedded and only part of
this is the key. I whited out a lot of it to ensure that my key could
not be compromised. Here is a guide to show you which numbers to write
down (you should end up with 30 characters)
Start from the top and write all of the digits down. You will need to
type them back in (sorry – cannot copy paste from here in the registry)
Once you have your 30 digits we are now ready to get our product key.
We are going to go to a website to convert this key.
you need it? If you want to re-install windows, or do any major updating
it may require you to enter you serial number to confirm you indeed
have a license for the software. This tutorial will guide you through
using a website and information from your registry to get your CD-Key.
This way, you wont have to download any software, as most of these
utilities have viruses associated with them. First we need to get some
information from the registry.
Click on Start and select “Run”
Type in “regedit” into the run box that comes up. This will launch
the registry editor.
This is the registry editor with all trees minimized. This tool will
allow us to make many changes within all of our applications and the
operating system. You can severely damage your computer in here, so
please be careful not to mess with anything unless told to do so. To
continue with our tutorial we need to locate the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
google_protectAndRun("ads_core.google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad);
Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Expand SOFTWARE
Scroll down and expand Microsoft
Scroll down and expand WindowsNT
Highlight CurrentVersion. This will show you a whole bunch of keys in
the right pane of the editor. I have blacked out the ones that will
give out valuable information.
Look for the key in the right pane called “DigitalProductID” and
double click on it.
The above box has the key in it but it is embedded and only part of
this is the key. I whited out a lot of it to ensure that my key could
not be compromised. Here is a guide to show you which numbers to write
down (you should end up with 30 characters)
Start from the top and write all of the digits down. You will need to
type them back in (sorry – cannot copy paste from here in the registry)
Once you have your 30 digits we are now ready to get our product key.
We are going to go to a website to convert this key.
