Ok, Joe, I got off my butt and found it last night.. But I also found
this little freebie that works just as good.. Except I had to put the
HD in tower (used an external USB2 case) to access it..
I allows you to find the CD keys, but also allows you to find the CD
keys on any HD hooked to your system and it's free...
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html
Thanks Joe,
Bruce
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*From:* computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Cuffy
*Sent:* Thursday, September 22, 2005 10:54 AM
*To:* computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [CTS] Re: XP Install....... WSH for XP
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
This page contains a list of the apps on UBCD.
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Bruce Eddy wrote:
Oops.. ok, guess I better start reading before I jump in on things..
OTOH, you mentioned a version of the UBCD a while back. One that has
'extensions'? Anyone know what the name was? Is it the one by BartPE?
If so, does anyone know if that has the ability to use one of the
CDkey programs maybe even your scripts would work, Joe? Any Ideas? I
have a feeling this client's PC version may be 'borrowed' cause
'mysteriously' no one can find the XP cd? But that's not my 'deal'. If
I can get the CD key from the machine I'll reload it. Right now, it
won't go to safe mode or even a command prompt only mode. They have
about 120 'megs' of free space. She tried to uninstall AOL 9.. and she
thought it was just stalled. so she hit the reset button.. I forget
the exact error code, But it deals with mismatched file versions
Winlogon and one of the other 'GOTTA HAVE' system startup files.
Again, sorry for jumping on this one,
Bruce
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*From:* computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Cuffy
*Sent:* Wednesday, September 21, 2005 2:17 PM
*To:* computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* [CTS] Re: XP Install....... WSH for XP
The lady has a laptop that was rife with virus, trojans, and dirty
underwear.
No system CD or Restore disk.
Owner decided to do it right and bought an O/S, XP Home (OEM)
Elaine now has the machine down to a few select viruses and it still
boots ????
What remains of the original O/S is an unknown. It BOOTS !
The O/S on the machine now has a Product key which may be usable if it
can be salvaged.
What the machine will do other than boot is a BIG unknown !
She's not sure she can get to the web with it ????????
She's not sure if it will run anything ?
SO, to salvage the Product ID, we want the smallest, simplest, fastest
tool that might worm it's way between the creepie crawlers inhabiting
that machine , latch onto the number and escape to a dialog box where
the number can be copied for future use !
The two scripts that I suggested might do that job........ one is
under 300 bytes, and the other is under 600 bytes, and both are
designed to do one thing....... get the Product key.
If she can do that: In, out, copy the key number and reboot with the
new XP CD in the drive she gets the rest of the day off.
The big catch at the moment, she needs java to run the .js and WSH to
run the alternative .vbs script. Apparently the machines has neither.
She is going to try to get to the web to install WSH XP from MS. If
the machine is up to that task and MS is able to install WSH then she
simply clicks on the .vbs file, copies the number from the dialog box,
reboots with the XP CD and waits in the weeds until it installs,
wiping out that $90 Product ID forever.
If none of this works there is a possibility that Magical JellyBeans
might ?
It's a small app and does more than Windows so it may be written in
Assembly ?
If so she might load that app onto the laptop and get the key that way ?
That's Plan B at the moment !
Much depends on how much time she wants to spend on recovering the
key, installing a new O/S, and getting the machine back to it's owner.
She's shy but I'm sure she'll tell us what's happening.
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Bruce Eddy wrote:
I haven't followed this real close, but, you could also just try
Magical Jellybean or one of the other programs made specifically for
this purpose? There's a couple that will get the Office CD Keys too?
OTOH, if I'm missing something and you 'can't' use those
things...Never mind...J)
HTH,
Bruce
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*From:* computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Elaine Gairy
*Sent:* Tuesday, September 20, 2005 9:37 PM
*To:* computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* [CTS] Re: XP Install....... WSH for XP
If I can get to the internet with the laptop I'll give it a try. Thanks
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Cuffy <mailto:cuffy10@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*To:* computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Tuesday, September 20, 2005 9:21 PM
*Subject:* [CTS] Re: XP Install....... WSH for XP
Windows Scripting Host for XP
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c717d943-7e4b-4622-86eb-95a22b832caa&displaylang=en
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c717d943-7e4b-4622-86eb-95a22b832caa&displaylang=en>
Elaine Gairy wrote:
Joe, I tried both of the files you sent me to get the product code
and when I clicked on them I got a Windows Script Host error box
that said Unable to open registry key. I unzipped them in my
computer then copied them to the laptop and click on them, correct?
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Cuffy <mailto:cuffy10@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*To:* computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Monday, September 12, 2005 10:02 PM
*Subject:* [CTS] Re: XP Install (was emailing excel sheet)
Yep. Put them anywhere where you can click on them and a box
pops up displaying the product key. On Win 98 it's a set of 5
groups containing 5 numbers each.
One of the scripts is .js so you would have to have Java
installed.
The other is.vbs which is opened by the Windows Scripting
Host. WSH is on the Windows Setup in Control Panel/ Add\Remove
Unzip them and try them on that machine........ just for kicks !
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