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Photoshop recovery of Windows product key?
My laptop hard drive is unrecoverable, so I will have to do a clean install of windows. Unfortunately the Windows product key is badly scuffed. Can anyone with Photoshop skills make an educated guess what the last 10 digits are? https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1E1R9 … sp=sharing Mar 05 16 04:50 am Link It seems to me one of the following: XXDHG-ZB624 XXDHC-7B624 You can try variations of the bolded characters. The last one is really difficult to identify. It could be also: K, N, L, P, R, W. I don't know but it might be easier to contact Microsoft. Mar 05 16 05:44 am Link it looks like XXDHC-7B625 to me Mar 05 16 05:48 am Link What brand/model of laptop is it? Some brands are automatically activated without requiring the input of a Product Key. My Dell is such a machine. I just use the supplied install disc. Did you upgrade to Windows 10? If so, I believe the Product key is now unnecessary - Microsoft's Activation Servers will recognize the Mar 05 16 07:43 am Link there are easier ways - it's easier to read off the screen than a visible wavelength image https://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/ now if you had a ir or uv sensitive camera image, that would be a different matter. Mar 05 16 09:19 am Link You can see it "clearly"  Mar 05 16 10:19 am Link Christian Bela wrote: What is the last number/letter? Mar 05 16 11:03 am Link Leonard Gee Photography wrote: The drive is toast so a key finder won't work. I tried an IR filter, but no luck. Mar 05 16 01:03 pm Link Install Linux and enjoy software freedom  Mar 05 16 04:49 pm Link 4 Mar 05 16 06:35 pm Link Dave Ajax wrote: 4 Mar 05 16 09:00 pm Link if you bought it, they will have a record of it , they will help you re install the software...Mo Mar 05 16 09:17 pm Link Thanks to everyone who helped out. I'll let you know how it goes once I get a windows 7 iso. Microsoft doesn't seems to be letting people download them any more. I've been running Mint on another machine but haven' t bothered to install Photoshop. Depending on your version, it sometimes doesn't play very well together. Mar 06 16 03:32 pm Link |
