From: John Cuccia 

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 19:21:54 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote:


>There are a few programs out there for retrieving the product key (
>VeiwKeyXP.exe ). Sometimes the key returned isn't the PCs key ( the one on
>the supposedly readable sticker ) but  the OEM's bulk install key. This is
>going to be a real F**king mess . Yet another well thought out plan from the
>clowns in Redmond

OK, I'm confused.  I downloaded the above and ran it on my IBM-imaged
laptop and it returned a key different from that on the sticker on the
case, which jibes with your comment about bulk install keys.

But, I then ran it on my desktop, which has a version of XP Pro that I
bought and installed myself.  It again returned a different key than the
one I used to install the OS (i.e, different from the sticker on the
packaging).

Any idea why that happens?  Maybe MS is doing something to defeat key
retrieval programs?

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