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samremy · 06-21-2003, 10:53 PM

<div align=justify>I was installing various programs to my 82-year-old grandmother's new computer and while attempting to install Office97 it prompted me for a product key or CD Key, which needless to say, was 'who knows where' either in storage somewhere or most likely lost. As soon as got home I began looking for it where I hoped I had kept it, but with most things like that, some important instruction manual or phone number of a relative you haven't seen in years, it was gone. I started to search the mess that is support.microsoft.com naively hoping for some actual support for my dilemma. I soon learned that Microsoft is not interested in supporting their past products, which in their language is "money they've already made", but in selling more of the same software with a different name and a larger price tag. Feeling as though she would be forced to buy their stupid product, because, at her age, learning a whole different word processing program would probably kill her, I searched Google and found the light!
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Keyfinder v1.4b4 (252 Kb)

"The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder v1.4b4 is a freeware utility that retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to install windows from your registry. It has the options to copy the key to clipboard, save it to a text file, or print it for safekeeping. It works on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000, XP, .NET, Office 97, and Office XP."

06-21-2003, 10:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
samremy ‘Crotch Level’ Intellectual Location: Southwest, USA	Keyfinder v1.4b4 saved me a whole lot money and aggravation!! <div align=justify>I was installing various programs to my 82-year-old grandmother's new computer and while attempting to install Office97 it prompted me for a product key or CD Key, which needless to say, was 'who knows where' either in storage somewhere or most likely lost. As soon as got home I began looking for it where I hoped I had kept it, but with most things like that, some important instruction manual or phone number of a relative you haven't seen in years, it was gone. I started to search the mess that is support.microsoft.com naively hoping for some actual support for my dilemma. I soon learned that Microsoft is not interested in supporting their past products, which in their language is "money they've already made", but in selling more of the same software with a different name and a larger price tag. Feeling as though she would be forced to buy their stupid product, because, at her age, learning a whole different word processing program would probably kill her, I searched Google and found the light! </div> Keyfinder v1.4b4 (252 Kb) "The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder v1.4b4 is a freeware utility that retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to install windows from your registry. It has the options to copy the key to clipboard, save it to a text file, or print it for safekeeping. It works on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000, XP, .NET, Office 97, and Office XP." __________________ "...to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government .. " -- The US Declaration of Independence Last edited by samremy; 06-22-2003 at 03:40 AM..