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- Dig up hidden CD Keys.
-
- You can't find the CD-ROM jewel case that belongs to your recently corrupted
- installation of Windows 95 (or Office, or the Plus pack, or Publisher, or some other
- Microsoft product). But you keep the disc pinned to a corkboard, so you're OK,
- right? But then you remember: these darn Microsoft products require that irritating CD Key
- to reinstall them--and the code disappeared with the jewel case.
-
- Well, actually, it isn't gone. Your previous installation of the software slapped the
- CD-Key code into the Registry. Here's where to find it:
-
- 1. Make sure you have a backup of the Registry. Do you get the picture?
-
- 2. Launch regedit by selecting Start/Run, typing regedit in the text box, and pressing Enter.
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- 3. Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, scroll down to Software.
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- 4. Find the Microsoft listing, and look for the directory that contains the software
- you need to reinstall.
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- 5. Double-click the ProductID listing, and select the middle two number strings
- (for example, in 53491-460-1656111-49145, select 460-1656111).
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- 6. Press Ctrl-C to copy the CD Key to the Clipboard; then paste it somewhere where you
- can reuse it. (Perhaps even copy all your keys to a text document, and print them for
- safekeeping, eh?)
-
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- ** NOTE ** Most of the microsoft keys work for the different software applications they have.
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- For Example: Win95 key works as a Microsoft Office 95 key or Plus Pack or NT.
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