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Keyfinder that can work off a boot disk?

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Hi guys, i've been keeping up with the forums for a few months and registered today cause i have the following problem:

got a issue with my parents PC - they tried to install Service Pack 2 and it killed their PC. - i have tried uninstalling SP2 from the recovery console to no avail - it will not boot in safe mode or normal mode - saying that it has shut down the system because "winsrv" was not found - i want to do a complete reload anyway BUT i can not find the XP CD key that they bought - they thought it was not important and threw it out and the fact i cant get into windows at all means i cant use the magic jellybean key finder - is there a (free) keyfinder that can boot off a floppy or CD? cause i dont think my parents want to buy a 2nd copy of XP

cheers for any help :D

MAC_HATER

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if...there is a keyfinder, it will only work if they had purchased a retail xp install, if it's an OEM, it will not work

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if...there is a keyfinder, it will only work if they had purchased a retail xp install, if it's an OEM, it will not work



Not true! Keyfinder works with any version of XP. Where did you get that information?

Grumpy

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no, i mean if he finds his key, and the install was from an OEM, and he gets an xp retail cd from wherever since he doesn't have his original OEM cd, that key will not work on a retail install

if he didn't have an OEM to begin with, it won't matter

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Here's some information to fix Windows XP long enough to find the CD Key.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885523
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] ndowsxpsp2

Grumpy

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