From: "Wayne Johnson"> Does anyone actually try to keep a list of
all the keys they use on their system or does everyone just rely on their backups providing they do one?
People can use this: http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml and copy the key to their root drive. After ANY backup, you are home free... (People joining the party late can also use the special XPPE, BartPE version and get the key out of a dead system, from scratch, as long as the HD spins up and is accessable...) Balarc does a good job of keeping lots of my keys straight. (Or at least telling me what they are.) http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html It is a very small program that tells all sorts of info, including all sorts of install keys. YMMV, so look close for any missing ones... It writes an HTML report that I generally save as several different file types (so I can read them with different "viewers" if I need to) in the root directory of their own running machine... These reports automatcally get into my image files, so I can always figure out fairly easily (view) what numbers got used where... Since I number ALL MBs (and cases), this makes it easy to track. There is no master list... (I'm on #7 now...) I also "try" to remember to write the machine/MB number on the original install disk cover next to the orange sticker (FPP/retail) near the key... Before I knew about Belarc and Magical Jelly Beans, etc, I had a scare wondering where my different OEM disks had been used... I did not stick the OEM sitckers on right away, and mixed them up... (Opps.) I do not keep track of this info for others... (I pass the buck...) Shame on them if they throw all their stuff around and loose it... (I can't take the weight of the world on my shoulders and protect people from themselves...) Most of the machines I see have the OEM stickers on them anyway. Stickers I almost never need to see, or look at... Rick Glazier -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
