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| Thread ID: 96810 | 2009-01-24 04:51:00 | Key Finders | Happy Harry (321) | PC World Chat |
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| 741545 | 2009-01-24 04:51:00 | In a recent poll on "Reinstalls", mention was made of "key finders" I have used Magic and Belarc in the past to find Windows keys. Are there "key finders" for other apps. What are other peoples favourites? I recently spent way too many hours trying to find a key for a customers CS3, a new version of Photoshop. They had a plastic box filled with CD/DVD apps, no packages with keys/codes and no records of these very important #s. They wondered why I was not best pleased. Whenever I get new software, the first thing I do is copy the disk(s) and add the key to an Excel spreadsheet and to a hard copy that I keep with the copied disks. All the originals go in my safe. |
Happy Harry (321) | ||
| 741546 | 2009-01-24 07:16:00 | One site / product I use a LOT is from Nirsoft (http://www.nirsoft.net/) - they are generally stand alone, so dont need installing. The one I use OFTEN is MailpassView - It give all the email details, user names, passwords the lot - its amazing how many people dont know their Email password, or even say " we dont have a password" :rolleyes: Just a word of warning - some antivirus software - Nod32 is One, will detect these as viruses and kill them - you have to disable the antivirus first other wise they wont work ( or download sometimes) - they are perfectly safe, just the way they work they act like some viruses. For some programs go to Help / About the keys may be there - many software apps put it under help, or registration. Edited: I have also downloaded product Key Explorer (http://product-key-explorer.10001downloads.com/) , but have not yet tried it - it lists the programs ( many) that it can locate the installed keys. - its not free though. ( Click on Home page link to see what it finds) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 741547 | 2009-01-24 10:29:00 | i made one in VB. press a key and it shows the CHR value and a description for the unprintable characters. includes mouse buttons | williamF (115) | ||
| 741548 | 2009-01-25 05:07:00 | I use some CAPs to encrypt my passwords, but I didn't know about using mouse buttons too . From the old days of C>64 keyboards with four levels of input, I like the idea of using shifted and unshifted passwords . Kewl! |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 741549 | 2009-01-25 22:33:00 | Thanks for the replies guys WainuiTech, Yes I have had a look at Product Explorer, but didn't want to shell out with money at our shocking exchange rates, untill I had found that this works. Maybe we can do contra deals with SurferJoe. Pay him with milkpowder, Marmite, chocolate fish or even huhu grubs. Just joking SJ Cheers HH |
Happy Harry (321) | ||
| 741550 | 2009-01-26 13:18:00 | penny dropped you wanted key finder eg the code to activate the app etc. you can find some keygens or codes on the 'net but be careful of some of the Exe key generators can be malware etc. find ones that are in a text file or similar | williamF (115) | ||
| 741551 | 2009-01-27 08:26:00 | penny dropped you wanted key finder eg the code to activate the app etc. you can find some keygens or codes on the 'net but be careful of some of the Exe key generators can be malware etc. find ones that are in a text file or similar No Worries Thanks for the input HH |
Happy Harry (321) | ||
| 741552 | 2009-01-28 03:04:00 | what about car keys? I'm always losing mine... | johnnyfrango (14148) | ||
| 741553 | 2009-01-28 03:12:00 | what about car keys? I'm always losing mine... Get one of those keyrings that beep when you whistle. Or attach a GPS dongle to your keyring. :p |
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