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Here's our Tip for.. June 11, 2002
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What and Where is My CD Key?
It's easy to lose track of the Windows NT CD case. But if you do lose the case, you also lose the CD Key unless you've already written it down somewhere. This is a problem when you need to re- install.
So, let's look at how you can use RegEdit to get the system to show you the CD Key. As usual, be careful when editing the Registry. Open RegEdit and navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion.
Look at ProductId. The CD Key is digits 6 through 15. Copy the number into a NotePad file and save it where you can easily find it. It wouldn't hurt to write it down and file it away in your desk just to be safe.
Close RegEdit after you copy the number.
Its important that you don't do anything to change the CD Key. Just copy the number and exit RegEdit.
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