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Verifying Windows Licenses

Kali · 2003-01-31 11:42:10

I've a number of client machines, and basically I want to check whether they're all properly licensed or not.. is there any quick way of doing this? or is it possible? Is the licence even listed anywhere in the registry that could be checked via a script on the server? [edit] I should add that theres a variety of operating…

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31-01-2003 12:42pm

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Kali

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I've a number of client machines, and basically I want to check whether they're all properly licensed or not.. is there any quick way of doing this? or is it possible?
Is the licence even listed anywhere in the registry that could be checked via a script on the server?

[edit] I should add that theres a variety of operating systems.. 98SE/2000/NT/XP.. and its just too much hassle looking for individual machine certificates...

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#2 31-01-2003 12:57pm
Occidental

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Try

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Software
Microsoft
Windows
Current Version

You should find your info under Product Key or ProductID, depending on version of Windows.

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#3 31-01-2003 1:00pm
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That shouldn't work in Windows2000 ... I can't check right now but last time licence keys were brought up I remember it was a pain to get them out of 2000 .... see:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&postid=701549#post701549

rob

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