No apologies necessary, your invaluable insight and help has saved my hide on numerous occasions. Now crack open a cold one, or warm up the snifter 😃
From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] OEM Windows 8 COA? Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 01:17:24 +0000 Thank you. Sorry. I have had a long day. But the lack of 15 extra lines makes me happier. J From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J- P Sent: Tuesday, February 4, 2014 8:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] OEM Windows 8 COA? I stand corrected; http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder-faq/ Q: Can I retrieve the product key from a non-booting Windows installation? As long as both Windows versions are 2000, XP, 2003, or Vista, you can use the Load Hive function. You will have to slave the drive and point the Keyfinder to the non-booting Windows directory. From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] OEM Windows 8 COA? Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 20:10:55 -0500 I'm not sure what you have been doing, but I have been using since xp and it always found the keys for me, including ofice keys- and I'm pretty sure in 15 years, I have run across both VL, & OEM- matter of i will try it on an OEM thinkpad I have in a few minutes As for a non-booting pc, that indeed will not help (white-space removed :) grin From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] OEM Windows 8 COA? Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 00:36:52 +0000 Two issues with that: 1. What if they bring you the computer and it doesn’t power up anymore. Can’t run jelly bean. 2. I’ve tried this in the past with xp and 7. They key it finds is a key that never works for me. Its like a volume key the manufacturer uses. I’ve tried OEM, Retail, VL…none work. Please correct me if I did something incorrectly. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J- P Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 3:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] OEM Windows 8 COA? http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/ Jean-Paul Natola From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [NTSysADM] OEM Windows 8 COA? Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 23:06:10 +0000 I believe this has been discussed before but I can’t find it in my archives. Since laptops don’t come with a W8 COA, what happens when we have to reinstall Windows on it? Where do we get the OEM serial numbers from? Lets pretend the computer is out of warranty and the manufacture won’t send us install media and a key.
