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Another way to find Windows Vista Product Key?

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About a month ago I reinstalled Windows Vista Home Premium x86 due to viruses with a disk that I borrowed from my friend. When I entered the product key (which I used a third party program to find), Windows did not prompt me that it was an invalid key. I continued with the installation and my computer was fine until about a month after, then it said the key was not valid. My Windows key on the bottom of my computer is damaged and there is no way I know of to retrieve it since my OS was reinstalled. Please let me know if anyone knows how to find your Windows key using another method.

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Sunday, November 8, 2009 7:18 AM

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Hello G.Clayton,

Replace Software:

KB326246 "How to replace Microsoft software or hardware, order service packs and product upgrades, and replace product manuals" http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/326246

Replace Product Key:
KB811224 "How to identify, locate, and replace a product key" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811224

or

KB824433 "Lost or misplaced product key (certificate of authenticity) for Windows" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824433
(this doc is specific to Windows 95, 98, Millennium and Windows 2000, but should also work for XP).

Thank you,
Darin MS
- Marked as answer by Darin Smith MS Monday, November 9, 2009 10:22 PM
Monday, November 9, 2009 10:22 PM