Retrive office 2000 cd-key

[alunr]

Someone has walked off with our office 200 cd's and I need to retrieve the Office 2000 CD-KEY from a machine it has been installed on.

Does anyone know how I can do this.

Thanks

[filmidget]

I have a windows tweaking program that tells you the CD key, but it's on my home machine - I think it's Xset or something?

But there must be simple freeware programs that do the same? Search on Google?

Cheers, Phil

[plotloss]

Should be in the registry...

If its not then the crafty swines have probably hidden it in one of the protected system objects that you cant go poking around in.

My money is on the registry though...

Matt.

[stc_bennett]

the key is in the system reg somewhere, there are some free util programs that can find all of the reg keys for all installed software.

I will have a look aound to see what i can find

[bigtone]

Try this:

www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.html

[size13]

AIDA32 will give you the key

www.aida32.hu/aida32.php

[alunr]

bigtone said: Try this:

www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.html

Does everything but Office 2000. Thanks anyway...

[bigtone]

In the registry, it's not this one is it?

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftOffice9.0RegistrationProductID

Still looking......
Tony

[alunr]

bigtone said: In the registry, it's not this one is it?

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftOffice9.0RegistrationProductID

Still looking......
Tony

Nope - thanks again...

[alunr]

size13 said: AIDA32 will give you the key

www.aida32.hu/aida32.php

Doesnt list office - gives me my Win2k key though.

Thanks

[plotloss]

I've just had a quick poke around and its not looking good.

When you install Office Windows takes the product key and encrypts it into a Product ID stored in the registry under a GUID that relates to the Office CD's that it was installed from.

To get the original product key you will have to speak to the suppliers you originally bought it from.

Matt.

[tuffer]

Easy just go to www.deluxserials.com and get all the ones you need!!!

[JonRB]

Am I the only one who finds it ironically amusing that a site that allows you to rip off the hard efforts of commercial and shareware developers has a button asking for donations?

Anyway, the kind of person who will use this site is demonstrably the kind of person who is too tight to make a donation either.

[plotloss]

Yeah, but Jon, there is an entire world of difference between ripping off good software and ripping off MS products...

Matt.