Recover XP Product Keys 

Recover XP Product Keys

One of the pain in supporting Windows XP is that when you reinstall XP on a machine, you're required to enter the exact same product key registered with Microsoft (or you'll have to re-register). Of course this isn't a problem when you know your key, but more often than not, this is not documented or perhaps was but couldn't be located quickly.

If that is that case there's a tool called ViewKeyXP that can help recover the original product from the product ID (the number you'd find when you right-click My Computer and select properties). This article from Techrepublic.com provides more details.

http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6270_11-5034981.html?tag=nl.e101

One of many sites where you can download ViewKeyXP...

http://www.pcshow.de/downloads/viewkeyxp,2045.html

Should be safe... turned out clean after scanning using both Trend Micro's housecall and Active Scan.