[RESOLVED] Retrieve Windows XP Serial Number

[GhostRider888]

hey, do u know any way to find winXP SN with vb?
or at least do u know where is this located in registry?
i cant find the answer on google neither on psc after lot of research lol

thanks in advance!

[Merri]

There are tools that do this: ProduKey – however, in my case it didn't return the product key I had in the bottom of my netbook. I don't see a point in duplicating the functionality in VB6.

[GhostRider888]

There are tools that do this: ProduKey – however, in my case it didn't return the product key I had in the bottom of my netbook. I don't see a point in duplicating the functionality in VB6.

lol i konw that there are tools that do this, thats why i wrote

do u know any way to find winXP SN with vb?

thanks anyway

[Merri]

You do it the exact same way in VB6 than any other language. By doing a very simple Google search for "product key" registry I ended up in five clicks to SourceForge page of KeyFinder program. From there you can find a complete source for what you need to do, just not in VB6, but it shouldn't be impossible to convert it.

[Lord Orwell]

it's not completely straight-forward. The key is encrypted in xp.

[pcuser]

The product key is base24 encoded in the registry at HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId

code: http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb...xtCodeId=57164

[GhostRider888]

You do it the exact same way in VB6 than any other language. By doing a very simple Google search for "product key" registry I ended up in five clicks to SourceForge page of KeyFinder program. From there you can find a complete source for what you need to do, just not in VB6, but it shouldn't be impossible to convert it.

hahaha delphi to vb6? maybe not impossible for u...
but i hardly code in vb, how could i read delphi and also convert to vb??

The product key is base24 encoded in the registry at HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId

pcuser thank u so much man!!!!!!!!!!

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[westconn1]

this is interesting as while this returns the same string as the produkey prog linked to above, it does not match the install key on my laptop, which is original install

[Merri]

westconn1: like me, your laptop has been installed from an OEM version. The product key is then different from what it says in the bottom of your laptop, and from what you can use with the installation disks that you may have (I think).

[LaVolpe]

The product key is base24 encoded in the registry at HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId

For curiosity only, how did you learn that the key was base24 encoded?

[Merri]

He copy'n'pasted from Planet Source Code, of course.

[westconn1]

westconn1: like me, your laptop has been installed from an OEM version. The product key is then different from what it says in the bottom of your laptop, and from what you can use with the installation disks that you may have (I think).

yeah mine actually came with disks, unlike most now

[GhostRider888]

For curiosity only, how did you learn that the key was base24 encoded?

He copy'n'pasted from Planet Source Code, of course.

loool you wanted him to write all this source just for me ????
i did a search before on psc but with no result,
i guess i m not a good searcher, i should try more words...

[si_the_geek]

We don't expect people to write code of that standard just to help (tho it does happen at times), but we do expect people to respect the law and our rules (see the Acceptable Use Policy link at the bottom of all VBForums pages):

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As it was a clear copyright (and thus rule) violation, I have replaced the code with a link to the original source.

[pcuser]

My apologies. I did not get the code directly from that link and it did not have the copyright notice and credits when I got it. I would NOT have removed them either.

@LaVolpe,
I'm not the one that figured out the base24 encoding.