Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware
Keyfinder Thing: Find those Microsoft serials and CD keys
Here's a scenario: Say you're getting a new PC and want to install your copy of Microsoft Office on it before you get rid of your old PC, but you've lost your CD key. Okay, I'm sure you can come up with a better scenario than that, but either way Keyfinder Thing is what you're looking for. It's a free app for Windows that will magically discover the serial numbers for all of the Microsoft software you have installed with just a few clicks. Keyfinder Thing comes in two versions: Full and Lite. Both are free and both do basically the same thing, but the former has a few more features and requires the .NET 2.0 FX library which you may or may not have. The latest version of Keyfinder Thing is capable of digging up the keys for more than 90 titles. The program's author, of course, is careful to warn against using Keyfinder Thing for illicit purposes. Don't do that, mmkay?
After spending the better part of an hour on 
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james said 4:09PM on 9-18-2006
I think Belarc Advisor does that as well as gives you the full low-down on you hardware. Kind of like what Macs do under, "About this Mac". Of course AppleCare still has my sick (RSS) MacBook (three weeks and counting).
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resource said 4:17PM on 9-18-2006
Of course not, Microsoft Office Professional is definitely worth $700!
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Qwfwq said 5:41PM on 9-18-2006
Two other similar utilities that allow to retrieve the Windows key and, in addition, change it for a new key (legit, of course) and which have been around for a long time are Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder (http://www.magicaljellybean.com)and RockXP (http://www.rockxp.org).
Also, why are you not linking to Keyfinder Things website directly? You can find it at http://ychatsharp.com/kft/
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Adam said 11:50PM on 12-02-2006
The author's DL link is broken. The Full version can be found here: http://www.majorgeeks.com/Keyfinder_Thing_3_d5188.html
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