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Extracts information about the current Windows and Office installation, as stored in the system:

 

•User name

•Computer name

•Platform

•First Windows install date

•Owner

•Organization

•Windows product ID and product (CD) key

•Microsoft Office product ID and product (CD) key

•Microsoft SQL Server product ID and product (CD) key

•IE product ID and product key

 

PSPR can extract and decrypt IDs and CD keys to other Microsoft products and server software not listed above; press Retrieve unknown keys to proceed.

 

The Windows CD key can be changed there, but please use that feature with great care. For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, you will have to re-activate Windows; if the option Force to activate Windows after the key is changed is enabled, then the activation wizard will be started automatically.

 

As for the Microsoft Office CD key, PSPR supports only Microsoft Office 97, Office XP, Office 2003 and Office 2007, but not Microsoft Office 2000.

 

Please also note that obtaining the Windows/Office CD key from a remote computer requires Administrator privileges of the remote device. Using the Manual decryption option, you can also retrieve the CD key from the SYSTEM file (part of Windows Registry) taken from any PC.

 

Note: for Windows Vista, the CD key is wiped from the system after successful activation. If the system is already activated, PSPR is not able to show the key.