Re: Format of Product Key Disiplayed after New Retail XP SP2 Install

From: Uncle John (unclejohn_at_uselesnospam.com)
Date: 01/31/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 14:07:30 -0000

Carey,

Thanks, I realize that.

 I ws wondering why when I go Control Panel\Sytem and look at the general
tab I see the Podrduct ID wheras i used to see the product Key nymber? 

-- 
Uncle John
"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message 
news:u41nK25BFHA.3592@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> The "76487-XXX-XXXXXXX-XXXXX" number is the
> Product ID number generated after installing Windows XP.
> It is not the Product Key number.
>
> See the following:
>
> Retrieve your XP Product Key [CD Key]
> http://michaelstevenstech.com/ViewKeyXP.htm
>
> -- 
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
>
> Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Uncle John" wrote:
>
> | Hi Carey
> | After quite a long time having cold feet I did  "repair" install the new
> | Windows XP Pro SP2 from the new retail CD given me by my family at
> | Christmas. I cleaned up the existing system as far as possible, created 
> an
> | image back up on my backup HDD  and then did the "R" install from the 
> CD. It
> | went smoothly and completed in 24 minutes and only complained that the
> | latest Creative Audigy Sound card were not certified [though Creative 
> Europe
> | said they were WDM approved]. Also still strange bug at very end that 
> the
> | tape controller could not be installed: I have a SCSI Dat 4 tape drive 
> but
> | no controller.
> | After the installation was completed, activated and registered I checked 
> the
> | computer info and saw instead of the alpha-numeric CD Key the following
> | information
> |
> | Registered to John Butler
> |                        Copse Hill Ltd
> |                        76487-XXX-XXXXXXX-XXXXX
> |
> | which is correct but usually one sees the alpha numeric CD Key
> |
> | I checked that the CD key was also correct and wonder why the info is 
> now
> | presented as above?
> |
> | Uncle John
>

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