Heero Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Hey guys,Newbie question here. I was using this Belarc Advisor program to locate software information on my computer and I noticed it also prints out my Software License Keys for windows XP. I don't recall ever entering my software license key when installing windows XP, only my product key.So my question is:How does the program know what my license key is?Thanks Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/9457-window-xp-license-key/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest askjames01 Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 [img src=\"style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/wink.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":wink:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wink.gif\" /] I'm not so sure but i think it get the info from this --> REGISTRY,actually it's a place inside windows system when everytime youinstall a software including O.S. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/9457-window-xp-license-key/#findComment-34862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
neylitalo Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 I think the license key is the same thing as the product key.And I think James is right - it's probably in your registry. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/9457-window-xp-license-key/#findComment-35035 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heero Posted May 11, 2006 Author Share Posted May 11, 2006 The software license key is not the same thing as the product key because the program lists two separate numbers for them. Yeah, it probably does get the information from the registry. But still the questions remains:How did it get there in the first place? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/9457-window-xp-license-key/#findComment-35125 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumityadav Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Hey there,Definitely the information is fetched from the System REgistry. The product key is somehow converted to the License Number which is present in the registry. Dont remember the exact location. but the userinfo is also present there.[!--quoteo(post=372854:date=May 10 2006, 02:36 PM:name=Heero)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Heero @ May 10 2006, 02:36 PM) [snapback]372854[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]Hey guys,Newbie question here. I was using this Belarc Advisor program to locate software information on my computer and I noticed it also prints out my Software License Keys for windows XP. I don't recall ever entering my software license key when installing windows XP, only my product key.So my question is:How does the program know what my license key is?Thanks[/quote] Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/9457-window-xp-license-key/#findComment-35156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heero Posted May 11, 2006 Author Share Posted May 11, 2006 The product key could possibly be converted into a software license, but I ran the program on separate computers using the same product key and the software license numbers showed up differently. Microsoft has been hiding something from us...... [img src=\"style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/wink.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":wink:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wink.gif\" /] Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/9457-window-xp-license-key/#findComment-35160 Share on other sites More sharing options...
otuatail Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 [!--quoteo(post=373180:date=May 11 2006, 07:02 AM:name=Heero)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Heero @ May 11 2006, 07:02 AM) [snapback]373180[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]The product key could possibly be converted into a software license, but I ran the program on separate computers using the same product key and the software license numbers showed up differently. Microsoft has been hiding something from us...... [img src=\"style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/wink.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":wink:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wink.gif\" /][/quote]The product key refers to the one on the microsoft box. Every time you re-install windows you will use this. but the instalation software generates a lice key based on this, and every time you install it you will get a diferent number. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/9457-window-xp-license-key/#findComment-35456 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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