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How to View the Product Key in Windows 7, Vista and XP

May 13th, 2013 by Admin

I have a laptop that came with Windows 7 Professional installed. But I recently have to format it. I need to enter the product key again but the sticker on the laptop is not readable now as it is quite old now. Is there a way out to view my Windows 7 product key?

In order to reinstall Windows, you must have access to a product key for that version of the operating system. The product key can typically be found on a yellow sticker on the CD case of the installation CD, or on a small sticker on the outside of the PC’s case. What to do if you misplace the product key and have to reinstall Windows? Don’t worry! With Product Key Finder you can easily view the product key for your Windows 7, Vista and XP installations.

Product Key Finder is one of the best product key viewer utilities which allows you to view the product keys of Windows, Office, SQL Server and many other software installed on your computer.

How to View the Product Key in Windows 7, Vista and XP?

  1. Download and install Product Key Finder, then launch it. From the main screen, click on the “Start Recovery” button. It will display a list of recovery options.
  2. Choose the “From current system” option, the program will quickly extract and find Windows product key for your current Windows installation.
  3. You are then allowed to view your Windows product key and copy it to a text file or print it for safe keeping.

So that is how can you view Windows 7, Vista and XP product key using product key viewer program. This utility can be useful if you lost the product key of your Windows/Office, and you want to reinstall it on your computer.

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How to Reset Windows 7 Home Premium Password After Forgotten

May 13th, 2013 by Admin

I have a HP laptop with Windows 7 home premium and stupid me forgot the password and didn’t make a disk to recover it. I tried the F8 with safe mode and nothing works, it keeps rebooting to the password screen. I don’t know how to get around this and reset the password. Please Help.

Forgot your Windows 7 home premium password? How to reset lost password of the only existing administrator account? There are times when you forget your Windows 7 home premium login password or someone changes it without your knowledge. In such situations, you will be locked out of Windows. In this article we’ll explain how to reset Windows 7 home premium password when you lost or forgot the login password.

How to Reset Windows 7 Home Premium Password After Forgotten?

Step #1: First of all you’ll have to download Reset Windows Password utility on another computer. Once the download is complete, unzip the download file and you’ll get the bootable ISO image: ResetWindowsPwd.iso. Burn it to a blank CD using a image burning software like ISO2Disc or ImgBurn.

Step #2: Now when ever you forget or lose your Windows 7 home premium password. On system restart, insert the burned disc into your CD/DVD-ROM. Make sure you have set the boot sequence to CD first.

Step #3: Once your computer boots from the CD, it will start the Reset Windows Password program soon after the booting procedure is complete. By default, the program will display a list of Windows 7 local user accounts inside your Windows SAM database.

Step #4: Choose a user account and then click on “Reset Password” button. Confirm your operation and the program will reset your Windows 7 home premium password immediately.

Step #5: Now you can take the bootable CD out from the CD/DVD drive and start booting into Windows 7 home premium. left the password field as blank at the Windows login screen, you can then quickly logged back on your Windows 7 home premium.

Conclusion

This tutorial is aimed at people who have forgotten Windows 7 home premium password or have been locked out of their account by a family member or friend.  Quickly and easily reset Windows 7 home premium login password without data loss!

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Best PDF Restrictions Remover to Remove PDF Restriction Easily

May 12th, 2013 by Admin

Do you come across a PDF file which cannot be printed, copied, or edited? To remove these restrictions, you need to know the “owner password” which is used to protect the PDF file from printing, copying and editing. Whether you’ve forgotten the PDF password or you need to remove PDF restriction for some other reasons, there is an easy way to help you out.

PDF Password Recovery is the best PDF restrictions remover software which allows you to quickly and easily remove restriction of PDF file created by any version of Adobe Acrobat. It is able to remove PDF restrictions that protect the PDF from being copied, edited, printed or even opened effortlessly. Let’s see how it works its magic.

How to Remove PDF Restrictions in Just 3 Steps?

Are you looking for a PDF restrictions remover to remove the restrictions that protect the PDF from printing, copying, editing? Just 3 simple steps and you can remove PDF restrictions in seconds.

Step #1: Download the setup package of PDF Password Recovery. After the download is complete, double-click on the download file to install it on your computer.

Step #2: Launch PDF Password Recovery application. Click on the “…” button to locate your PDF document which is protected from printing, copying and editing. Next, choose the “Remove Owner Password” option.

Step #3: Click Next to remove the PDF restrictions. Just after a few seconds, the software will create a new copy of the original PDF file and remove the restrictions. You can then open the new unlocked PDF file without any restrictions.

This is how can you remove PDF restrictions easily using the best PDF restrictions remover tool. You might think it must be very complicated to remove PDF permissions, right? In fact, it is so easy, even a computer beginner can unlock a PDF file in seconds. After removing the restrictions, you can get a new unlocked PDF files for copying, editing and printing, making it very easy for you to make most of PDF file.

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How to Find Office 2010 Product Key

May 11th, 2013 by Admin

Lost your Office 2010 product key? So what to do if you need to re-install the Microsoft Office 2010? As long as there is a genuine copy of Microsoft Office 2010 installed on your computer, this tutorial will help you extract the product key from the registry in just a few minutes.

The Office 2010 product keys are encrypted inside the Windows Registry so finding them manually is nearly impossible. Luckily there is a simple key finder program which can help you find Office 2010 product key that you used to install Microsoft Office.

How to Find Office 2010 Product Key?

Product Key Finder is a powerful yet easy-to-use program which can quickly locate your Office 2010 product key and display it for you. Let’s see how it works:

  1. Download and install the software, then launch it. From the main screen, click on the “Start Recovery” button. It will display a list of recovery options.
  2. Choose the “From current system” option, the program will extract and decrypt your Office 2010 product key inside the Windows registry.
  3. Copy the product key to a text file or print it for safe keeping.

So that is how can you find Office 2010 product key easily. Remember that once you have retrieved your product key, be sure to keep it in a safe place for future use.

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How to Find Product Key of Pre-installed Windows 8/7/Vista/XP

May 10th, 2013 by Admin

I recently purchased a Lenova Ideapad n580 with Windows 8 pre-installed. I was thinking about adding features. However, this requires the product key and I have been unable to locate it. I checked in the Control Panel under Systems but could only find the last 5 digits of the product key. I want all 25 digits for future reference in case something were to happen. How can I find the product key?

Lost your Windows product key or the product key sticker is torn or destroyed? How to find the product key on a pre-installed version of Windows? If you have bought a computer with a genuine copy of Windows 8/7/Vista/XP pre-installed, follow this guide you can find Windows product key easily from your current Windows installation.

How to Find Product Key of Pre-installed Windows 8/7/Vista/XP?

Actually, Windows product key is located in the registry but it is encrypted and not readable. Fortunately, there is a simple product key finder program which can help you decrypt and extract Windows product key in just a few steps:

  1. Download and install Product Key Finder program on your computer which comes with Windows 8, 7, Vista or XP pre-installed.
  2. Start the program and then click on “Start Recovery” button, it will display a list of recovery options.
  3. Choose the “From current system” option, the program will quickly decrypt the product key which is encoded in Windows registry, and then reveal your Windows product key immediately.

So this is how can you easily find Windows product key from any computer which came pre-installed with Windows 8, 7, Vista or XP. This method also enables you to recover lost product key from a retail copy of Windows operating system.

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How to Change Windows XP Product Key After Install

May 9th, 2013 by Admin

Do you need to change Windows XP product key so you can activate Windows properly? Sometimes, users are required to change or re-enter the product keys in Windows XP to solve and fix activation problems, or after buying a genuine license for Windows operating system, it’s necessary to reactivate Windows.

However, there is only one chance for you to enter your product key during Windows XP installation. How to change Windows XP product key after install? Here are a few simple steps for you to change your Windows XP product key in order to activate existing copy of Windows XP.

How to Change Windows XP Product Key After Install?

  1. Click Start, and then click Run.
  2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
  3. In the left pane, locate and then click the following registry key:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\WPAEvents
  4. In the right pane, double-click OOBETimer, then change at least one digit of this value to deactivate Windows.OOBETimer
  5. Click Start, and then click Run.
  6. In the Open box, type the following command, and then click OK.
    %systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a

    msoobe

  7. When the Windows Product Activation window appears, choose Yes, I want to telephone a customer service representative to activate Windows and then click Next.activate-windows
  8. Click Change Product key.change-product-key
  9. Type the new product key in the New key boxes, and then click Update.enter-product-key

Reboot your computer and Windows XP is already activated. So here is how can you change Windows XP product key after install. To update your product key doesn’t really require whole fresh re-installation of Windows XP.

Tips: If you’ve lost or misplace your Windows XP product key, you can easily recover it from your current genuine Windows XP installation using Product Key Finder.

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How to Reset Windows 2008 Administrator Password with Ease

May 9th, 2013 by Admin

I installed Windows Server 2008 a while back, but have forgotten my administrator password. I tried all password combinations I could think of, but nothing worked. So being distraught, how can I reset the forgotten administrator password without reinstalling?

Forgot your Windows 2008 administrator password? Is there a way out to reset lost AD password on a Windows 2008 server? Although there is one useful way to hack Windows password with a free Linux Live CD. However, you will be out of luck if you’ve set up a complicated password. It also doesn’t support password resetting for domain user accounts. If you don’t prefer that method, there is another simple method to reset Windows 2008 administrator password by creating a WinPE password reset bootdisk.

Reset Windows Password utility is such a WinPE password reset bootdisk that enables you to reset both local administrator password and domain administrator password on Windows 2008 server. It exists of an ISO image that needs to be burned to a CD or placed on a bootable USB drive. Afterwards, you boot from that CD to reset Windows 2008 administrator password with ease. Here are the step-by-step instructions.

How to Reset Windows 2008 Administrator Password with Ease?

Step #1: First of all you’ll have to download Reset Windows Password utility on another computer. Once the download is complete, unzip the download file and you’ll get the WinPE ISO image: ResetWindowsPwd.iso. Burn it to a blank CD using a image burning software like ISO2Disc or ImgBurn.

Step #2: Now when ever you forget or lose your Windows 2008 Administrator Password. On system restart, insert the burned disc into your CD/DVD-ROM. Make sure you have set the boot sequence to CD first.

Step #3: Once your computer boots from the CD, it will start the Reset Windows Password program soon after the booting procedure is complete. You’ll see two recovery modes available on the screen.

  • Reset Local Admin/User Password
  • Reset Active Directory Password

By default, the first option will be chosen and the program will display a list of Windows local user accounts inside your Windows SAM database. This option is designed for you to reset Windows 2008 local administrator password.

If your computer is domain controller and you’re going to reset Windows 2008 domain administrator password, choose the second option. It will display all your Active Directory user accounts inside ntds.dit (ntds.dit is the main Active Directory database file).

Step #4: Choose the local administrator account or domain administrator account, and then click on “Reset Password” button. Confirm your operation and the program will change/reset your Windows 2008 administrator password immediately.

Step #5: Now you can take the bootable CD out from the CD/DVD drive and start booting into Windows 2008. Type in the new password at the Windows login screen, you can then successfully logged back on your Windows 2008 server with administrator account.

So that is how can you reset Windows 2008 administrator password. Quickly and easily regain access to your server once you’ve lost or forgotten your administrator password. By following the same steps above, you can also reset forgotten administrator password on Windows 2012, 2003 and 2000 server. Enjoy it!

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How to Find Windows 7 Product Key from Registry

May 8th, 2013 by Admin

I need to do a fresh install of Windows 7. however the product key sticker is worn off to badly on the bottom of my laptop and can not be read. Is there a way out to get Windows 7 product key from my Windows installation?

Normally the product key could be located either on the Windows installation CD case or on the top/bottom of your machine. What to do if you have misplaced the installation CD or the product key sticker is worn out? Fortunately you can extract and get Windows 7 product key from your Windows registry. Windows 7, like any other versions of Windows, stores the product key inside the Windows registry, but it is in an encrypted form that is totally not understandable. This is where Product Key Finder program comes in.

Product Key Finder is a useful program which decrypts and retrieve Windows 7 product key easily. In this tutorial we’re going to walk you through how to find Windows 7 product key from registry.

How to Find Windows 7 Product Key from Registry?

Simply download and install Product Key Finder on your computer. After installing, run the program. Click on “Start Recovery” button, it will display a list of recovery options:

  • From current system
  • From non-booting system
  • From remote computer

Once you’ve chosen the first option, the program will automatically search the Windows registry on your local computer, and then decrypt and find your Windows 7 product key immediately.

If you need to find Windows 7 product key from a crashed or unbootable computer, choose the second option. It will require you to locate one of your Windows registry hives which is copied out from your crashed or unbootable computer. Click OK and it will display your Windows 7 product key in seconds.

The third option offers you to find Windows 7 product key from a remote computer. In order to obtain remote access to the Windows registry, you need to know the IP address and Windows logon credentials.

Conclusion

Besides finding Windows 7 product key, Product Key Finder can also help you retrieve lost Windows 8, Vista and XP product keys. After getting your lost CD keys, I recommend you print it out and put it somewhere safe.

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2 Options to Find Windows XP Product Key

May 8th, 2013 by Admin

Lost your Windows XP product key? Or the product key sticker has fadded out? Normally the product key is on a sticker on your computer or located with the manual that came with Windows XP. If you are unable to locate your product key, you’ll lose a valuable license. In this article we’ll describe two options which can help you find Windows XP product key from your Windows registry or original installation CD.

Option 1: Find Windows XP Product Key from Your Installation CD

If you have misplaced your Windows XP product key, you can still recover it from your original installation CD, by follow these steps:

  1. Insert the installation CD into your CD / DVD Drive.
  2. Explore the CD and navigate to the i386 folder.
  3. Open the file UNATTEND.txt and scroll down to the last line.
  4. You will find your Windows XP product key there.

Option 2: Find Windows XP Product Key from Windows Registry

The method above works only for certain OEM CDs. If you couldn’t locate your product key from the CD or the installation CD is inaccessible, then this option should be of help! With Product Key Finder program you can decrypt Windows XP product key which is stored in Windows registry.

To get started, download and install Product Key Finder on your computer. After installing, run the program. Click on “Start Recovery” button, it will display a list of recovery options. Choose the “From current system” option, the program will begin to find and recover your Windows XP product key in seconds!

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How to Recover Windows 8 OEM Product Key Embedded in BIOS

May 7th, 2013 by Admin

I did a fresh install of Windows 8 on my PC, I was told the OEM product key will automatically supplied in the installtion. However, it did not happen in my case. Now I’m stuck with an unregistered Windows 8. I’m wondering, now, if there’s a way to extract the product key from my BIOS?

If you have recently purchased a Windows 8 laptop or desktop PC, you might have wondered where the product key sticker is. On the bottom or on the back of the machine? From now onward any PC that comes preloaded with Windows 8 will have its product keys embedded in the system’s BIOS. Product keys will no longer be printed on a sticker on the outside of the machine as has always been the case. This change was confirmed by Microsoft in its ‘Microsoft Answers’ website.

This has several advantages, both for Microsoft and OEMs as it is no longer that easy to “steal” product keys this way, and for users who do not have to worry about fading text or damaged labels on their computers. But it also has its own set of cons. For example, say you need to install Windows 8 on a new PC since the old one is fried, but the product key is embedded in the PC.

Luckily, there is still an easy way to recover Windows 8 OEM product key which is embedded in BIOS. Product Key Finder is a handy program that could helps you to extract Windows 8 product key from any laptop or desktop PC which comes with Windows 8 pre-installed. Let’s proceed.

How to Recover Windows 8 Product Key Embedded in BIOS?

  1. Download and install Product Key Finder on your Windows 8 computer.
  2. Installation is pretty simple. Just follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup and run the program.

  3. Click on “Start Recovery” button, it will bring up a list of recovery options: From current system, From non-booting system and From remote computer.
  4. Select the “From current system” option, the program will quickly recover and display your Windows 8 product key, and serial numbers for other commercial software installed on your computer.

It’s necessary to backup your Windows 8 product key in advance before your computer is crashed or broken. With Product Key Finder you can find Windows 8 product keys for both OEM and retail versions of Windows 8.

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