Roco

http://blog.kevindonahue.com/archives/2006/07/18/how_to_find_windows_product_key_on_windows_xp_cd/ The fact is that for any given version of a Windows CD, the CDs are all the same. The key to unlock the CD is not stored anywhere on the CD. If it were, each CD would have to be slight different, - it's not quite a manufacturing nightmare, but it's at least a bad dream. http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_find_the_windows_cd_key_from_the_cd.html I guess you pays yer money and takes your choise on this

:2funny:, , and there I was thinking the number was 42 I think the found tools cannot lift the Key from the disk , The numbers on the CD , may have some connection but are not the key in the sense of using to activate the installation ,but might be part of the computer polling check , , and have a math conection, But I have found one XP cd , will except all keys inputed legal or not ( Keygen) , but a random 5x5 inputed fails every time , It's kinda like running a Upgrade XP CD on a clean hard drive , it asks for a previous Win O/s disk to be placed in th cd drive , I can only guess it is checking the licence key from that CD ,as the XP upgrade CD is the compete win XP , It's all a mystery to me , but I can remeber years back being told the key is not on the CD but gets generated during the installation, and must match a certain group of 5x5 key numbers supplied by MS although I have come accross a Xp key generator that wll without fail provide1000's of working keys , but they all fail MS validation , if trying updates from MS , it will trigger a warning spash screen each reboot just my thoughts and probably wrong ,they often are

Thanks, that is interesting , I started with 3.1 (1992) :in 1998 , , I like O/S's to settle down a while before trying them out , and will be staying with XP for a few more years yet , it does what I need ,so no rush to change for me and I don't beta test for Bill G, I paid for win M.E. in late 99, the early version with the year 2000 restore problem ,

I can now confirm the #'s in the unattend.txt folder on the CD are not a working license.key , just tried it on my spare computer , AKA "sitting duck", , it just gets used for tryouts of software and hardware , magic jellybean Key finder was good in it's original V1-1.5 , it could change the existing license key , I notice v2 dosn't have that ability it can only read the key ver 1.5 is still out there though , but it takes some finding last time I looked so what are the 5x5 numbers on the CD ,if they are not the key ?

I found the same Buntz and mine is on XP Sp3 , It's1AM UK , so no more checking for me today, but I will try the code found . and use magic jelly bean Ver ! ,it allows lic key changes in XP , and warrns of not valed keys , out of curiosity Buntz whats the first 3 that you found in the " unattend.txt file ", Mudmance is seeing WTH............... I am seeing JJW................ mine is from my original XP pro disk , BTW 75% of XP computers puters I have worked on are not legit on the licence key , most of the stickers had a win M.E licence on the outside , maybe XP was that good , to fake ?, I guess history will tell on that ,

So I am Late not worth going now anyway , well I got intrigued with this one , thanks Mudmance I followed you destructions ,( BTW I found "unattend.txt" by using search pointed to my Cd drive ) it had JJW.. ....,. etc it looks like the key (5x5) but not the key I am running on, BTW, it's XP pro and ligit, I am following this with interest , this eve I might get chance to load up and try using the JJW .......... and see what happens on a old box,

Hey , correct me if I am wrong but all the windows CD's are identical , the key is a ( not sure of the correct word here ) a logrithem ?, derived from the CD code, and any correct key works on any CD , even keygen ones , well untill you try to update on line , But I will check my XP disk later , got to dash now ( late again )

Hi cynwydd wellcome to the forum , Hey, we were all new to this at one time , I certainly was, although that was 3 years back , I guess I am a slow learner and not the right guy to answer you question , It's early, they will be on later , But it would help for a starter if you could give more Info Like, your O/S , your ISP , connection type , (fibre, wire , wireless , ect, what you are getting in speed , and what speed you are paying for , Regards Roco.UK

indeed cute , and thanks for the reminder Tommie , http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces

well Great Britain got a mention , that generates an auto reply , I really don't get the American fascination with it's constitution , it seems almost like an obsession , I just find it odd that a great nation seems to need that to hold itself together , actually Great Britain loosing control was the best thing going for both sides , it generated another English speaking/thinking ? nation , also it kind of bought an end to our European wars, France 100 years , Spain on and off for 20 years , Portugal etc , Mind you we won them all ,, and not one was a home game

Having fallen asleep twice while reading that , I am kinda glad the UK dosn't have a written consitution http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-big-question-why-doesnt-the-uk-have-a-written-constitution-and-does-it-matter-781975.html Why don't we have a written constitution? Essentially because the country has been too stable for too long. The governing elites of many European nations, such as France and Germany, have been forced to draw up constitutions in response to popular revolt or war. Great Britain, by contrast, remained free of the revolutionary fervour that swept much of the Continent in the 19th century. As a result, this country's democracy has been reformed incrementally over centuries rather than in one big bang. For younger countries, including the United States and Australia, codification of their citizens' rights and political systems was an essential step towards independence. Ironically, several based their written constitutions on Britain's unwritten version.

WaterRTBH, sure I follow your thoughts , the word has just taken a reality check , it will take 10 years or more to absorb the change , IMHO , well today was the UK's fiscal budget ,when tasxes get set for the 2009-10 , so far it seems if I don't smoke drink , eat , run a car , date women etc ,I could be $6 USD better off a week , , so little change for this hermit , BTW from now on the women will have to go Dutch ? defination = The phrase "going Dutch", where a couple each pays for their own half of a restaurant bill implies "cheap", basically.

Homeless struggle ? well,I rely on the BBC news UK for whats happening in America , is this a true picture ? , http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8009024.stm , to state a fact , the UK is now the highest taxed nation in the world , and hell I figure life was never promised to be easy indeed folk are loosing hope over here in the UK , but we are getting by with parents and Grandparents helping their kids out , as I know to my cost ,but life was never promised to be easy , the free lunch syndrome was never going to work IMHO, so,I am kinda asking , anyone seeing the green shoots of recovery , and how are you all doing ?

indeed shugs , I fess I ain't watched the vids, (download limit ) but I do belive the power of the internet may save us from WW3 , well thats the way I see it , I just hope we move on with religious/national feelings , hell; we all live on this planet for better or worse, all Brothers under the skin , but I guess the time isn't right yet , but maybe soon , uindeed times are a changing,

dammit, I missed this one Bro , but now the dust has settled don't listen to the insults Bro , life gets better day by day ,so my Doc tells me , :60 Huh , I was still wetting the bed at that age , ? ,

well I guess part true, the Brits appear to glide like a gracefull swan , but believe me we are paddling like mad to make any progress , any Religion ? I sometimes worry it might overtake me one day The counties of Engand http://www.picturesofengland.com/England/counties

Hi guys ,well it's that annoying Brit again !" , America lost the plot in 1862 IMHO , , BTW Queen Elisibeth ain't closed the door , you are wellcome back anytime , you only need to give up your guns , give a DNA sample pay your back dated taxes , and you could be free

Thanks Buntz, I guess the old carrier pigeon across the pond was a bit slow there the link worked fine , at 550Kps , I will give avg 8.5v a Free a run ,

indeed the old Sygate firewall is 5-6 years old,but the way I see it what needs updating in a frewall ? it's either a firewall or it ain't , and it sure is light running on my box , well AVG is going the same way as all good freebies , claims to have 80 million customers now , so I guess 80 million X $29 USD has some apeal to Grisoft , the way I see it no Antivirus is 100 % proof , so I don't concider them front line defence , I keep a Xp pro ASR made from a clean install , and used twice a year , along with checking running prosesses in task manager, along with Hijackthis.De , and Microsofts Procexplorer , and the usual AVG , Superantispyware , etc , and I use the Mouse keyboard for inputed credit info , Well it works for me , never Knowingly had a virus or trojan in 9 years,

Hi zalternate and Tommie , Stange thing is , I use a router with built in firewall and a software firewall , the old sygate ver 5.5 ,it's a bit clunky and does nothing in auto ,the user has to make the descions ,, I like it that way , but it gave me no warning of Google updater trying to phone home , maybe it didn't try ?, but what realy buged me was google has a built unistaller for the updater , and it dosn't work , well Google seems to be getting to big for it's boots these days , ref. my post on street view , and I found googles browser ( Chrome ) pathetic , LOL ,I must be hard to please ,I never took to firefox either , BTW Tommie , I am running AVG 8 ( the free version ) with no problems , apart for getting reminders to update to AVG 8.5, it seems to be the paid for version ? but not sure on that

Well not sure this fits in PC security topic ,as it may not be a security risk in XP and I think it applies to Vista ? as a basic securitycheck , I check task manager from time to time ,against a print out o running sevices from a clean install , I found "Google Updater" running in processes ,having noticed 2 extra processes running, (normaly 30 ) so I did a computer search and found it , LOL it had a uninstaller that failed to work , after a reboot it was still running , I did a web search on "Google updater " , sure enogh it comes with google chrome and Earth , it checks for Google programs and reports back ,and stays even if google products are unistalled , it cant be removed easy as it becomes embeded into the system the quick way out is to "run services msc " and disable it from there , I guess it is no biggie , but I don't like any form of Updater running without my say so , --------------------------------------------------------- The second extra I found running was "Java quick starter," well I don't have much call for Java , and it can be stopped in the Java settings , > advanced .> Miscellaneous > quick starter , but is enabled by default ----------------------------------------------- Both Google and Java make no mention of these running services on installation , and only install on the later updated versions , LOL rant over , and both services now dead in the water on my box ,

My line stats about 3.1 Km from the exchange , I sync at around 5,800 Kbps daytime but at night it drops to around 5,000 at night due to noise on ther line , (street lighting etc ), this lowers my SNR down from 10.5 to 7 , this increases errors below SNR of 9 , a resync of the router cures this , DSL Connection Link Information Uptime: 0 days, 0:28:07 Modulation: G.992.1 Annex A Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 448 / 5,888 Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [KB/MB]: 897.00 / 9.21 Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 11.5 / 19.5 Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 25.0 / 47.0 SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 17.0 / 10.5 Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB / GSPN Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 0 / 0 Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 0 / 0 Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0 Loss of Link (Remote): 0 Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 1 / 0 FEC Errors (Up/Down): 12 / 210 CRC Errors (Up/Down): 8 / 10 HEC Errors (Up/Down): 2 / 1 _______________________________- Line attenuation is in relation to the "loop loss" on your line. The lower this figure the better, and the better chance you have of getting the faster speeds. SNR is Signal to Noise Ratio - in other words a measurement in decibels of the Signal strength to the level of Noise on the line. The higher your SNR is, the better, as there is less background Noise. http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/linestats.htm#attenuation

Sorry for the late reply , it's that durned 8 hour time shift thing, indeed the Irish problem is part religious , and it's sure beats me how 2 Christian Religions can hold so much hate in their hearts , A peace plan was brokered around 12 years back , it has held so far , and with luck it still is , I don't think either side wants to go back to blowing school children to bits on their way to Sunday church , Well, they nearly got this old pagan about 25 years back !!! I was due at a company meeting in Central London at 10 am , The building got bombed 3 hours before I was due there , Moving on to our UK food , a subject close to my heart ,HeHe , The good old Yorksire pudding ? , very hard to describe , and cook right, so I have been told ,I have never tried ,but they can be brought ready made now , http://www.auntbessies.co.uk/products/products_yp.php or http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/yorkshirepudding_67385.shtml Spotted dick http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/forum/dick.htm Btw I just read that a Yorkshire pudding must rise 4 inches to be able able to claim the title , next time I eat out I will take a tape meassure LOL must go , I need to eat ,

Nearly Pixie , just try dropping the "H" , it should be "wats at you saing " belive this or not Americans speak the closest to old English than the Brits , over time the brits have absorbed much of the French way of speaking , Just 21 miles away , ascent counts for little in the UK today , I guess my Mom wasted her money on elocution lessons for me , just so I could speak like a lord of the the realm, , : today I visited a American themed dinner in the UK, and got into a argument , do you guys really pay $5 usd for a small capachino , and $9.50 USD for a burger the size of a dollar , ? I think not , although the picture of John Wayne was wellcome , I got my money back , but was advised not to return , I agreed not too unless I won the national lottery , BTW , later got a full excellent English Sunday roast dinner and coffee for $9 USD in a old english pub , The Brit traditional Sunday roast Roast beef , Yorkshire pudding , roast parsnips potatoes, cabbage , carrots and peas , I turned down the offer of spotty dick pudding with custard , but I had to smile when the barmaid said would youi like a bit of spotty dick , I don't know why but that allways makes me laugh ,

Tdawnaz I will explain later if you require, the full reply to " what " would be a book bigger than the Bible , but basically Ireland is not one country it is split into 2 , you have Eire and "N.I " (northen Ireland ) and much hatred between both tribes , The easy way to view it , What if England had not walked away from it's new colony in America , and some states said "we want to remain British " could America today accept that ? No , Indeed and rightly so IMHO , But that is still the situation in Ireland 200 bloody years on , The British are not wanted in Ireland , but if we leave civil war would break out , 80 % of northen Irelanders want to remain British . it's a no win situation for the Brit troops , the 2 got gunned down by the free Irish while collecting Pizzas from delivery drivers who also came under attack ,. the sad part is while on the ground wounded the attackers stood astride them and finished the off with a burst of automatic fire , the police officer was called out on a bogus call and killed by a long range snipper , For the first time since the peace deal , 10 years back, there has been killings in Ireland , this time all Ireland has stood united , and names have been given in from both sides, so there is hope for the future peace , Hmm,and you all though Ireland was a happy simple place from bygone time's . full of comedians and "Top of the morning to you,greetings" well look at the number of Irish descendants you have in America ,if Ireland was such a good Place why did they emigrate ? . BTW,there are too sides to the sad tale of Ireland , and I remain neutral ,