Its not too often that I get to answer my own question. The W2K product key
is NOT stored in the registry in a readable way. It is stored in
C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\$WINNT$.INF under the "productid" label.
Ron Jobe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Billiodeaux" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] W2K Product Key
> I don't think you will find the product key in a form you will be able to
> deceifer. My understanding is that W2k encodes the info in the registry,
> not in the ASCII form that it was entered.
>
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