Smudged Windows 7 Prod Key

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September 13, 2018, 03:48 PM

xantom

Smudged Windows 7 Prod Key

Can anyone make out these last 5 digits?

39BGJ was my first guess, no go.

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September 13, 2018, 03:51 PM

PASig

If this is a DVD, there is software IIRC that will extract the key from the disc.

September 13, 2018, 03:53 PM

xantom

Original HDD is dead, replaced with an SSD. No reinstall disks, I am reinstalling from an ISO I burned.

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September 13, 2018, 03:54 PM

smschulz

quote:
Originally posted by PASig:
If this is a DVD, there is software IIRC that will extract the key from the disc.

No, only can be extracted from the registry once installed and already entered, good if you forget or lose the key.

September 13, 2018, 04:26 PM

striker1

39BCJ or 3PBCJ

?

I just had to do this myself with a customer machine and a bad sticker.

Try typing the guesses on M$‘s website, on the ISO validation/download page.

RB

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September 13, 2018, 04:36 PM

side_shot

i would call microsoft give them what you have they will give you a new one

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September 13, 2018, 04:39 PM

darkest2000

You can just write down all the possibilities and just try them all until it works, there doesn't seem to be that many...?

September 13, 2018, 04:47 PM

xantom

Yeah I have a list of possibilities I have tried and no luck. I think trying to pin down the first 4 is the key here. The last one is the hardest to see. I think the 2nd letter is a P. The 4th letter could be a C too maybe.

These are the possibilities
BCDFGHJKMPQRTVXY
23456789

Here's a better image:
https://i.imgur.com/TnYbpGQ.jpg

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RB

Cancer fighter (Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma) since 2009, now fighting Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma.

September 13, 2018, 05:29 PM

LS1 GTO

And this folks, is why I always write the number on the disc, with a Sharpie, once the software is successfully installed.

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September 13, 2018, 05:30 PM

xantom

3PBC7 at least got me to the automated phone system activation part. I will see where this goes

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September 13, 2018, 05:34 PM

Rey HRH

If you ever registered the machine or OS then it’s quite possible the key is located in your Microsoft account. I know this because I’ve logged on and see my windows 10 and office keys.

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