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- Product Key
- A series of letters and digits that must be entered during software installation to authorize the user. Product keys are found on the back of the CD-ROM package, inside...
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- Office Key Changer (zip)
- Office Key Changer finds and decrypts the product key of your Office installations. Allows to change product key and registration information. It is easy to use, reliable, and intuitive. Speed up your installations or find and change your Office Product ID. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Product Key, MoonValleySoft, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2008-07-09
- Windows XP Product Key Finder-Lite (exe)
- If you need to reinstall Windows XP and you do not have the installation number Windows XP Product Key, this program will read the necessary installation number from registry. If the Windows system does not work, reads the product key from the root of the injured system. Just connect drive...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Product Key, BonCut Software, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-06-23
- Windows XP Product Key Finder-Pro (exe)
- If you need to reinstall Windows XP and you do not have the installation number Windows XP Product Key, this program will read the necessary installation number from registry. If the Windows system does not work, reads the product key from the root of the injured system. Just connect drive...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Product Key, BonCut Software, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-06-23
- MS Product Key Recovery (exe)
- MS Product Key Recovery is a program to recover Windows Key and Microsoft Office Key. When you re-install Windows or Office, you need to register the product again with your product key you ordered before, but unfortunately you haven't noted down the product key or have lost the key. For...
- Tags: Recovery, Product Key, Microsoft Corp., Top Password Software, MS Product Key Recovery, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-06-12
- XP Key Changer (zip)
- XP Key Changer finds Windows XP Product Key, retrieves Owner, and Organization information. Finds and decrypts the product key in your computers and displays the information right in the main panel. Also recovers the Service Pack version, Owner registered name and Organization registered name. Changes all this information, with one...
- Tags: Product Key, Service Pack, MoonValleySoft, XP Key Changer, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- Software downloads 2008-05-13
- IT Dojo: Change the Windows XP product key
- Even in the best-run IT shops, unauthorized software can find its way onto the desktop. An end-user may have installed a pirated copy of XP but now wants to go legal. An organization may have installed 100 pirated copies of XP but now has a legitimate volume-licensing key. When...
- Tags: Information Technology, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, TechRepublic Inc., it dojo, Strategy, Management, windows xp, product key, registry hack
- Videos 2008-04-28
- No more digital product keys for Windows Anytime Upgrade users
- Microsoft is making a tweak to the way it will enable Windows Vista users to upgrade to higher-end versions of Windows via its "Windows Anytime Upgrade" program. Windows Anytime Upgrade is a Vista marketing program via which Microsoft has allowed customers to move from lower-cost, less feature-rich...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Product Key, Microsoft Corp., Upgrade, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-07
- Product Key Explorer (exe)
- Product Key Explorer displays product keys for Windows, MS Office, SQL, Exchange Server and over 500 other software products installed on your network computers. The software retrieves product keys from network computers and allows to protect your company from having pirated software on your network. With this software you will...
- Tags: Software, Software Product, Software License, Product Key, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Software downloads 2008-01-15
- Microsoft to relax XP activation rules with SP3
- Microsoft to relax XP activation rules with SP3Too little too lateAnd how long will it last?Microsoft will dial it back until the noise dies down, then back to the same old garbage.A leopard does not change his spots.MS management obviously aren't all that bright......but even they will eventually catch on...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, product key, XP Activation, SP3
- Discussion threads 2007-12-16
- Microsoft to relax XP activation rules with SP3
- 17-Dec 9:00AM PST: Post updated with more details about behavior after grace period expires. Last week Microsoft released a whitepaper outlining the changes in Windows XP Service Pack 3, which was just released for MSDN and TechNet subscribers and should be ready for final release in the first half...
- Tags: Introduction, Activation, Microsoft Windows Vista, Product Key, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2007-12-16
- Product Key Finder (exe)
- A simple C++ windows application to retrieve and decrypt Microsoft Windows and other Product installation keys. Written to help me out at work to establish who was using what software. Sourcecode available on request. If you'd like additional key finding capabilities to be added, just drop me an e-mail.Version 1.0.0.422...
- Tags: Windows Application, Product Key
- Software downloads 2007-10-16
- Microsoft Software License Terms (MSLT) for 2007 Microsoft Office desktop application software (EXE)
- These License Terms apply to the following 2007 Office products: Professional, Small Business, and Ultimate suites, Access, Excel, Groove, Live Groove subscription, InfoPath, OneNote, Outlook, Outlook with Business Contact Manager, PowerPoint, Project, Publisher, SharePoint Designer, Visio, Word. Outlined in the following download are Retail License Terms, OEM License Terms, and...
- Tags: Product Key, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, Groupware, Desktops, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-09-19
- KDT Soft. Recover Product Key (exe)
- This Software allows the user to recover and change a product key for Windows, Microsoft Office and Norton Anti-Virus at the click of a button. The software also enables the user to modify whom the product is registered with, as well as supporting an easy method of saving the old...
- Tags: Product Key, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Software downloads 2007-03-20
- The Vista brute force keygen - It works, but ...
- Over on KezNews.com a brute force method for acquiring a usable product key for Microsofts Vista platform has been released. I can confirm that this method works for now at any rate, but I dont think that Microsoft has much to worry about.Bottom line is buy Windows or go...
- Tags: Microsoft, DRM
- Blog posts 2007-03-02
- CD Key Viewer/Changer (exe)
- EBgo Key Extractor retrieves that lost or misplaced product key that you need to re-install or update Windows/Office. This utility will find, decode, and display the original Product Key Code used when Windows/Office was installed on your computer. This utility also let you change your product key code (98 98SE...
- Tags: CD, Product Key, EBgo Key Extractor, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-02-27
- A brief history of anti-piracy at Microsoft
- I’m revisiting Microsoft’s Genuine Advantage program this week, in light of the introduction of a new WGA Notifications tool for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. (Microsoft’s official description is here; the download page is here.) As background, I thought it might be interesting to post a brief history of...
- Tags: Microsoft, WGA, Licensing
- Blog posts 2007-02-24
- Vista Hands On #1: What you need to know about product keys
- Vista Hands On #1: What you need to know about product keysWell goodyNow we have another CLI invocation to manage Windows:ipconfigmsconfigand now slmgrJust for managing whether we're in "good" with the gang at MS. What WILL they think of next?So Slmgr.vbs is a VBScript file. I wonder what kinds of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux Guy, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista Hands-On, product key, Linux, operating system
- Discussion threads 2007-02-12
- Vista Hands On #1: What you need to know about product keys
- When you buy a retail copy of Windows Vista, the most important part of your purchase is the product key that comes with it. That 25-character key determines which Vista edition youre allowed to install and activate, and it also tells the Setup program whether youve purchased a full or...
- Tags: Windows Vista, Tips, Microsoft Windows Vista, product key
- Blog posts 2007-02-12
- Five Vista tips, revisited and expanded
- Last year, during Windows Vistas long incubation, I published two collections of tips for beta testers working with release candidate versions of the software. In all, there were 10 tweaks for RC1 with image gallery and another 10 for RC2 the full collection is here. Now that Vista is officially...
- Tags: Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista, product key
- Blog posts 2007-02-08
- 10 essential tweaks for Windows Vista RC1
- [Don't miss the sequel to this post, 10 tips and tweaks for Vista experts, which covers RC2] Admit it: You're curious about Windows Vista Release Candidate 1. Now that Microsoft has made it available for download by the public (after giving technical beta testers a five-day head start), you can take it...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, product key
- Blog posts 2006-09-07
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