Tip Recover your product key After you install Windows,

Tip Recover your product key
After you install Windows, the product key gets squirreled away, usually never to be seen
again. But you might need to retrieve the product key at some point. For example, in our
office we have many Windows XP CDs and many accompanying product keys—and our
sloppy recordkeeping doesn’t always make it easy to figure out which product key was used
on a particular system. If we need to reinstall Windows (or if we retire a computer and want
to install its copy of Windows on a new computer), we find out which product key we need
by using a freeware application called Keyfinder (http://www.magicaljellybean.com/
keyfinder.shtml). This application displays the product keys that were used to install
Windows and Microsoft Office on a