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Extract Windows XP cd key from eeePC recovery partition
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Mar 15, 20263574 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I have an eeePC 1005 HE where the Windows XP CD key has become unreadable on the sticker (apparently it fades out by design). I'd like to retrieve the CD key (or the one that was used in the preinstalled windows) from that system. There is a recovery partition (Windows PE) on it that would let me r…
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Fix for: Extract Windows XP cd key from eeePC recovery partition
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Asus is almost certainly using OEM Pre-Activation on your computer, which means that they are just using a generic key from Microsoft in the install. There is a list of these keys here. You can try manually copying the OEM BIOS activation files from…
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