Windows Trick: How To Recover Your Windows Serial Number For Free
Sometimes the best solution for a complicated PC performance issue is to reinstall your operating system and other applications you run. Although a radical and time-consuming step, format and reinstall normally speeds up your PC and enhances your productivity at the long run.
The issue many people i know faced when reinstalling their PC, is to find their Microsoft software serial numbers. In most cases ,when acquiring a PC you also purchase your Operating system of choice (XP, Vista and others) and productivity suite (Office). The dealer installs the purchased software, but sometime fails to provide you with the serial numbers for the software you purchased. The thing is that you need those serial numbers if you want to reinstall your PC.
Prodkey, a free and easy-to-use utility made by Nir Sofer, helps you to recover your Windows and Office serial number from an existing installation. Prodkey runs on all Windows platforms and is capable to retrieve serial number info for the main Microsoft products:MS-Office, Windows, Exchange Server, and SQL Server.
Usage is quite simple.All you need to do is download and unzip Prodkey Then click on the Prodkey.exe file. The utility will display the list of your installed Microsoft products and their product key information. I recommend that you print the output and keep it in a safe place for further reference.
(Note that i deleted my PC product key information for obvious reasons)
Remember: Always run Prodkey BEFORE reinstalling your system. Otherwise you won’t be able to recover the serial numbers.
Enjoy!
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Comment by Acelduma on 26 February 2008:
How did the picture of that punter get on my post ?
Comment by Acelduma on 26 February 2008:
Another free product that will find just about all the serial numbers and keys for just about every thing on your computer is SIW.EXE ( System Information for Windows). It can be found at: http://www.gtopala.com/ . It also will give you more information than you thought possible about your hardware.
Cheers, Acelduma.
Comment by Estwald on 26 February 2008:
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Comment by misio4u on 5 October 2007:
very good soft !!!
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