Hi Harondel,
On Thursday 28 September 2006 03:50, Harondel J. Sibble Inscribed Thus:
> Derrick
>
> On 27 Sep 2006 at 21:57, Gaffer wrote:
> > Use a text editor and the search facility. If you have Linux !
> > "Kate" is good. The Wins problem is limited file size.... 64K if
> > I recall. I don't remember the hive to search in, but
> > "Microsoft/Software" rings a bell. I'm sure that one of the other
> > list members will know exactly where.!
>
> Nope, the product ID is there, which is generated during/after
> installation, but you will NOT find the installation key in the clear
> in the registry.
>
> The issue is not opening the registry files, that I can do already
> with several windows or unix editors, the issue is extracting the key
> itself.
>
> In the end with some hard work I was able to get the old win2k
> installation to boot long enough to get the Office XP key out using
> Magic Jellybean, however the need to pull the key from a broken
> system is one I've encountered before and probably will again.
If Magic Jellybean can get at it, surely there must be a way to do it
outside Winders ! Or does MJ use one of Wins own routines ?
> Another consultant suggested setting up a vmware session with the
> same version of the os, taking a snapshot, exporting the relevant
> software keys from the broken os and importing them in the snapshot
> version of the os and then running MagicJellyBean or equivalent.
> That'd probably work, but is a LOT more work. I figure there's got to
> be a better way...
I agree.... Sorry I wasn't much help !
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Best Regards:
Derrick.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
plug at play-net.co.uk
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