John Bartow
john at winhaven.net
Mon Oct 26 12:49:25 CDT 2009
Different software keeps it in different places but for the most part it is in the registry. The free version gives you everything but I don't think it will print out license info. I use it a lot. Quick download to try and since there's no installation it can't screw up your system. BTW if you open regedit there are options to connect to a networked computer's registry or you can "import a hive file" which would be a specific registry file. I've had some discussions with security vendors on adding the ability to scan the registry of a dismounted hard drive in order to clean the hard drive of both malicious file (directly) and malicious registry settings (via mounting the disembodied hard drive's registry files via one of the above options. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 11:14 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Office Key So the installation keys AR in the registry somewhere? However, looks like the freeware version doesn't give you license information? Or does it. A bit unclear on the site. Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 8:37 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Office Key Another products that does hardware and software inventory, including installation keys: http://www.gtopala.com/ Very fast and no installation needed so you can run it from your USB stick or any other location. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 10:53 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'; List Subject: [dba-Tech] Office Key Dear List(s): My son Max's HD in his Dell LT crapped out about a month ago. Dell replaced the drive. Of course, he had no backups. I told him to send the drive to me to see if I could recover some of the irreplaceable files. Which I was able to do. When I bought him this system I also got him Office 2007. OF course, he can't find the original install disk, but he got a copy from someone which is working but in a few days it's going to stop working because it's not registered. So my question is - is the key stored in the registry somewhere? If so, and I could find it on the old HD, I could email it to him, he could register the copy he's using. MTIA, Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com <http://www.e-z-mrp.com/> www.bchacc.com <http://www.bchacc.com/> _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com