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Does the activation code get stored somewhere (e.g. the registry) after XP
is successfully activated? Is there a way I can retrieve the activation
code I used to activate XP?

Any feedback will be most appreciated, thanks.

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"Yushan" <Yushan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:415277AE-85DB-43E2-8885-20DDBBE672FF@microsoft.com...
> Does the activation code get stored somewhere (e.g. the registry) after
> XP
> is successfully activated? Is there a way I can retrieve the activation
> code I used to activate XP?
>
> Any feedback will be most appreciated, thanks.

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\system32 - look for wpa.* files

"Yushan" <Yushan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:415277AE-85DB-43E2-8885-20DDBBE672FF@microsoft.com...
> Does the activation code get stored somewhere (e.g. the registry) after
> XP
> is successfully activated? Is there a way I can retrieve the activation
> code I used to activate XP?
>
> Any feedback will be most appreciated, thanks.

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In news:415277AE-85DB-43E2-8885-20DDBBE672FF@microsoft.com,
Yushan <Yushan@discussions.microsoft.com> replied with a ;-)
> Does the activation code get stored somewhere (e.g. the registry)
> after XP is successfully activated? Is there a way I can retrieve
> the activation code I used to activate XP?
>
> Any feedback will be most appreciated, thanks.

It is of very limited use, read here.
Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
More info on XP activation.
http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm
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