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ProduKey v1.03Copyright (c) 2005 Nir SoferWeb Site: http://www.nirsoft.netDescription======
ProduKey is a small utility that displays the ProductID and the CD-Key ofMS-Office, Windows, and SQL Server installed on your computer. You canview this information for your current running operating system, or foranother operating system/computer - by using command-line options. Thisutility can be useful if you lost the product key of your Windows/Office,and you want to reinstall it on your computer.Versions History
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* Version 1.03 - new command-line option: /remoteall* Version 1.02 - On newer versions of Office (XP/2003) - display the real product name, if it's written in the Registry.* Version 1.01 - Added support for XP visual style.* Version 1.00 - First release.Known Problems
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* If you bought your computer with installed operating system, you may find the product key appeared in ProduKey utility is different from the product key on your Windows CD. This problem is mostly reported with Dell computers.* From unknown reason, the product key of Visual Stuido .NET is written in the Registry as Office XP product...* In old versions of Office, the 'Product Key' value is not available.Using ProduKey
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ProduKey doesn't requite any installation process or additional DLLs. Inorder to start using it, just run the executable file - produkey.exeThe main window of ProduKey displays the list of Windows, Office, and SQLServer products installed on your system. For each product, the "ProductID" and "Product Key" are displayed. If you want the view the product keyinformation in another computer, or in another operating system withinthe same computer, use the command-line options below.Command-Line Options
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/remoteallEnumerate all computers on your local network, and load the product keyinformation from them. Be aware that this option is quite slow, and youmay need to wait a few minutes until the product key information isdisplayed. In order to use this option, you must have Administratorprivileges in all computers on your local network./remote [Computer Name]Load product key information from the specified computer name. In orderto use this option, you must log in to the remote computer withAdministrator privileges./remotefile [Computer Names Filename]Load product key information from all computer names specified in thefile. The file can be tab-delimited, comma-delimited, or CRLF-delimited.In order to use this option, you must have Administrator privileges inall computers specified in the computer names file./windir [Windows Directory]Load product key information from another operating system on the samecomputer. The [Windows Directory] specifies the base folder of Windowsinstallation, for example: c:windows, c:winntThis feature is only supported on Windows 2000/XP./regfile [Software Registry File]Load product key information from another operating system on the samecomputer. The [Software Registry File] specifies the software registryfile usually located under c:windowssystem32configThis feature is only supported on Windows 2000/XP./nosaveregLoad ProduKey without saving your last settings (window location, columnssize, and so on) to the Registry.You can also combine the above command-line options with the followingsave options in order to save product key information to file:/stext Save the list of product keys into a regular text file./stab Save the list of product keys into a tab-delimited text file./stabular Save the list of product keys into a tabular text file./shtml Save the list of product keys into HTML file./sverhtml Save the list of product keys into vertical HTML file./sxml Save the list of product keys into XML file.Examples:produkey.exe /remote \Server01produkey.exe /remotefile "c:tempcomputers.txt"produkey.exe /regfile "F:WINNTsystem32configsoftware"produkey.exe /windir "c:winnt" /shtml "c:temppk.html"produkey.exe /remoteallSystem Requirements
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ProduKey works on all 32-bit versions of Windows. However, some features,like viewing the product keys of another operating system instance, areonly supported on Windows 2000/XPLicense
This utility is released as freeware. You are allowed to freelydistribute this utility via floppy disk, CD-ROM, Internet, or in anyother way, as long as you don't charge anything for this. If youdistribute this utility, you must include all files in the distributionpackage, without any modification !Disclaimer
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The software is provided "AS IS" without any warranty, either expressedor implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties ofmerchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The author will notbe liable for any special, incidental, consequential or indirect damagesdue to loss of data or any other reason.Translating ProduKey to the languages
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In order to translate ProduKey to other language, follow the instructionsbelow:1. Run ProduKey with /savelangfile parameter: ProduKey.exe /savelangfile A file named ProduKey_lng.ini will be created in the folder of ProduKey utility.2. Open the created language file in Notepad or in any other text editor.3. Translate all string entries to the desired language. Optionally, you can also add your name and/or a link to your Web site. (TranslatorName and TranslatorURL values) If you add this information, it'll be used in the 'About' window.4. After you finish the translation, Run ProduKey, and all translated strings will be loaded from the language file. If you want to run ProduKey without the translation, simply rename the language file, or move it to another folder.Feedback
===If you have any problem, suggestion, comment, or you found a bug in myutility, you can send a message to [email protected]