The latest version of Product Key Finder now supports recovery of product keys (CD keys) from network computers.
Usage is simple, run the program with the /remote argument, like so.
CPP-ProductKeyFinder.exe /remote Dave-Win2k8
The keys will be logged to a txt file in the working directory in a file named whatever the computer name is, in this case Dave-Win2k8.txt.
Any errors will be logged to Errors.txt in the same directory.
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This application will not generate license keys, it will recover them from your system. It will not help you pirate software.
how can i find more serials with the product key finder that you made.
Hi Faiz,
Firstly, make sure you’re using the latest version which you can find here:
http://davehope.co.uk/projects/product-key-finder/
If that still doesn’t detect your license, drop me an e-mail and I’ll see what I can do.
thank you
Hello faiz I purchased windows vista but unfornunately I lost my cd product info and I have laptop but which i compatable windows vista but once more bad thing that the product number of my machine is omitted so If I give you the details of my laptop can you retrieve my product key of my compaq machine.
I am waiting for your reply
thank you
kind regards
shahid
Hi Shaid,
If Windows Vista is already installed and activated on you Compaq machine, you can recover the license by running the latest version of ProductKeyFinder on it, which you can find here:
http://davehope.co.uk/projects/product-key-finder/
Dave,
I just installed the Windows 7 Ultimate RTM x64, and the key being reported by your keyfinder is not the same as the one that I entered (as it is a Technet subscription download, I am able to go online and verify).
Thought you would like to know.
Hi John,
This could be for a few reasons. Does Product Key Finder show it as the x64 windows key? – It might be incorrectly detecting your OS as 32bit.
Other possibilities include:
– You’ve not entered the license key yet, so the non-activation key is showing up. Does yout windows show as activated?
– You’re using a MAK key?
– You’re somehow running on an OEM system.
Thanks,
Dave
hi..i have installed media player 11 on xp sp2 bt its nt orking saying that ur copy of windows iis not genuine….
Assuming you’ve legally purchased Windows XP, you’ll need to contact Microsoft.
Any plans to support retrieval of the MAK key on Windows 7?
Thanks
sebus
Hi Sebus,
I’ll take a look at how the MAK keys are stored and see if I can add support into the next release.
Would be great, but I expect that MAK keys installation might be the same like running slmgr -cpky
But digitalproductid & digitalproductid4 are still in registry, so maybe not…
sebus
Sebus,
From what I understand, MAK keys are pretty much identical to license keys from the Windows XP days. For example if you’re a Microsoft Partner you may get a Vista volume license allowing for 25 machines, however you’ll be able to activate that key about 500 times before having to call Microsoft. MAK keys are just licensed for multiple activations, so should be stored in the DigitalProductID key.
The only scenario you’d not be able to get your key back is if you were using a KMS server.
Can you give me more information on your setup where it’s unable to recover the key? – Feel free to e-mail me directly
u seem very helpful. i need help in activating my vindows. i recently install this windows and don’t have the key/code to activate it
Lett,
I’m assuming you’ve entered your product key from the product packaging or the COA sticker?
If so, you’ll either need to activate online or call Microsoft (as indicated in the activation wizard).
If you don’t have a product key, you’ll need to buy a license for Windows.
Just a normal MAK key, activated online (NOT KMS)
Where the normal keys are encrypted in DigitalProductID there is just 0000000000000000
I can’t seem to reproduce that. Are you on a 64bit system by any chance? – If so, the standard DigitalproductID registry key will decode to BBBB-BBBB….
ProductKeyFinder will show a seperate x64 entry.
Can you drop me an e-mail (dave at davehope dot co dot uk) with details of the edition andarchitecture of the version of windows you have ?
Recovery of MAK keys works fine for me.
Hi Dave,
Just executed your keyfinder program but it finds only Vista Ultimate key. I did a Vista Ultimate clean install from home premium. hence my MS Office 2007 is lost. It did move everything to Windows.Old directory. I have the software to install but can’t find the product key. How do I make your program search everything.
Suchen
Hi Suchen,
I should be able to get that back for you. Firstly, you will need to download the latest build from here:
http://files.davehope.co.uk/CPP-ProductKeyFinder-2.1.0.1050.exe
To recover from a registry hive, you’ll need to do:
CPP-ProductKeyFinder-2.1.0.1050.exe /hive C:\Windows.Old\System32\Config\SOFTWARE
Where C: is the letter of your Windows install. You’ll need to run a command prompt as administrator (right click the entry in the start menu and choose Run as administrator) then ‘cd’ to the directory containing the downloaded application and run the above command.
On x64 even the latest version reads the key as:
Microsoft Windows – x64,JVF76-6TMPY-98BXW-76FY6-YG26V
which has nothing to do with the actual MAK key used for the activation!
In fact it is Invalid Product Key
If you look around this key is supposed to be Microsoft Office 2010 TP1 (something that never happen to be on this machine!)
sebus
How bizare. Where are you getting the MAK key from? – If it’s MSDN / Technet I’ll try and reproduce the problem.
It is Select, but any Enterprise MAK on x64 will be the same
sebus
mcafee enterprise virusscan 8.7i detects this as a virus
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_101226.htm
How frustrating. It’s probably because I UPX compress the binary to reduce its size.
Their ‘Contact us for removal’ link is broken too.
I’m running Vista Business and the key isn’t detected. I’ve tried other apps and it appears as BBBBB-BBBBB-BBBBB-BBBBB-BBBBB
I’m pretty sure it’s an OVS license – any ideas?
Thanks!
Ah okay, since posting that, i’ve done some more googling and it seems to be because it’s a MAK key!
Hi Paul,
Sorry about that. It’s a known issue that I’m working to solve. At present nobody out there is able to recover MAK keys.
Cheers
Key recovery.
Love your program, it’s been a great help.
Any idea how long before a MAK key can be recovered?
More than happy to help with testing if you need.
THanks
Alan.
Hi Alan,
No idea I’m afraid.
I’ve done plenty of investigation, but the key isn’t stored in the same way. I know exactly what changes, but decrypting with the same way (Base-24 Integer) doesn’t yeild the correct key.
Using slmgr does show the last 5 characters, so I’m sure it’s stored somewhere but nobody seems to know how to access it yet.
If anyone out there reads this and wants to help decrypt the information, or see a copy of what I have so far drop me an e-mail
Dave
Hi Dave,
I run CPP-ProductKeyFinder.exe /remote ATLNHOServ but I receive nothing back. Should the text file be in the same directory I run which is c:\batch\vbscripts
Great product. Ran perfect locally
Hi Shane,
Yep – that should work. The file will be created with the hostname of the remove system in the working directory.
You’ll need to make sure the user the application runs over has rights to the remote system, and that the registry can be accessed remotely.
Cheers