Product Keys - what software they belong to

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I have a stack of sleeves from my company's ActionPack subscriptions, that

the CDs were removed from and not replaced properly...how can I find out what

software the product key is for? Does Microsoft have a reverse lookup thing?
 
NO. It is not possible to know but a bit of common sense would do the

trick. First determine what software you have got on your system. Then

locate the original CDs for these software. Finally, create a test system

and try installing the software from these CDs using the serial numbers you

have.



The chances are you are likely to have Windows XP Professional and/or Office

Professional products. There aren't many M$ products in common circulation!



hth







"JSpence2003" wrote in message

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>I have a stack of sleeves from my company's ActionPack subscriptions, that

> the CDs were removed from and not replaced properly...how can I find out

> what

> software the product key is for? Does Microsoft have a reverse lookup

> thing?
 
JSpence2003 wrote:

> I have a stack of sleeves from my company's ActionPack subscriptions, that

> the CDs were removed from and not replaced properly...how can I find out what

> software the product key is for? Does Microsoft have a reverse lookup thing?




Try Belarc Advisor (free for personal use):

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html



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Lem



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"JSpence2003" wrote in message

news:6E20E803-A627-400F-83D4-7E7118A8F91E@microsoft.com...

>I have a stack of sleeves from my company's ActionPack subscriptions, that

> the CDs were removed from and not replaced properly...how can I find out

> what

> software the product key is for? Does Microsoft have a reverse lookup

> thing?




No, but system audit utilities, such as Belarc Advisor, will list installed

keys, and that should give you a starting point.
 
ybS2okj wrote:

> NO. It is not possible to know but a bit of common sense would do the

> trick. First determine what software you have got on your system. Then

> locate the original CDs for these software. Finally, create a

> test system and try installing the software from these CDs using the

> serial numbers you have.

>

> The chances are you are likely to have Windows XP Professional and/or

> Office Professional products. There aren't many M$ products in

> common circulation!




Oh, but there are!



My Action Pack binder has maybe 100 Microsoft products. Let me see:



MS Project 2002

MS Project Guides

MS Sharepoint Services Standard 2003

MS SQL Server Reporting Svcs

MS Publisher 2003

MS Mappoint

MS Visio

MS FrontPage

MS Windows Server Enterprise

MS One Note

MS Virtual PC

MS SQL Server

MS Office Live Comm Server

MS Sharepoint Portal Server

MS Exchange Enterprise Server

MS Mobile Info Server



And that's just one section of six.



About 1/2 of these have activation codes.
 
How many people are idiots like you to accumulate all these software for

fun? Serious users have to earn a living. Not all are doing computing

as a hobby!!!







HeyBub wrote:

>

>

> My Action Pack binder has maybe 100 Microsoft products. Let me see:

>

> MS Project 2002

> MS Project Guides

> MS Sharepoint Services Standard 2003

> MS SQL Server Reporting Svcs

> MS Publisher 2003

> MS Mappoint

> MS Visio

> MS FrontPage

> MS Windows Server Enterprise

> MS One Note

> MS Virtual PC

> MS SQL Server

> MS Office Live Comm Server

> MS Sharepoint Portal Server

> MS Exchange Enterprise Server

> MS Mobile Info Server

>

> And that's just one section of six.

>

> About 1/2 of these have activation codes.
 
EN59CVH wrote:



> HeyBub wrote:

>

>> My Action Pack binder has maybe 100 Microsoft products.


>

> How many people are idiots like you to accumulate all these software for

> fun? Serious users have to earn a living. Not all are doing computing

> as a hobby!!!




Looks like the green-eyed monster has bitten another consumer not able to

qualify as a Microsoft partner and is jealous someone else has more money.

Please explain where HeyBub stated that the action pack was for his personal

or home use rather than for his business or "my" really referred to his

employer's copy. Besides, if he has the money, what do you care where he

spends it? Yeah, you drive a Kia and someone else with more money buys a

Lexus. So what. They've probably spent a portion of their income that is

the same as yours. Amazing how everyone wants to be rich but then berates

anyone who already is.



"common" is defined by how the populace is defined to which the term

applies. All the OP said was "There aren't many M$ products in common

circulation". Well, when speaking of Windows, the topic of this forum, that

statement is obviously false even with just consumers who buy individual

Microsoft products to use on a Microsoft operating system. Often it only

takes the need for a few of Microsoft's products to realize that a

subscription (*if* you can qualify) is a cheaper solution.



Maybe when you get a job or a better job to make more money or have worked

long enough to accrue some assets then you, too, can afford to qualify for a

subscription and pay for it. Until then, keep remembering to push those

fries before ringing up the sale.
 
EN59CVH wrote:

> How many people are idiots like you to accumulate all these software

> for fun? Serious users have to earn a living. Not all are doing

> computing as a hobby!!!

>

>




Hmm. I do use these to earn a living - it's not a hobby and I can't in my

wildest dreams fashion how you would conclude otherwise. I guess there are

just some people whose brain operates differently from normal folk.



The Action Pack subscription costs $200/year.



In addition to the stuff I mentioned, it include ten licenses for XP-Pro and

ten licenses for MS Office. Just those two packages are worth several

thousand dollars for our small software company. (Not of interest here, but

it also includes a like number of licenses for Vista and Win 7). The

subscription also includes the full MS Customer Relations Management, which,

if we bought all the options, would cost over $50,000. Even a minimum

configuration begins at five grand.



True, the licenses are limited to:



* Training,

* Development, and

* Internal use



and cannot be sold or transferred out of the company.
 
"EN59CVH" wrote in message

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> How many people are idiots like you to accumulate all these software for

> fun? Serious users have to earn a living. Not all are doing computing

> as a hobby!!!




the Action Pack and other MSDN kits are for people like developers and

writers, who use most of the stuff in it to earn a living.



It's not a hobbyist package, by any means.







>

>

>

> HeyBub wrote:

>>

>>

>> My Action Pack binder has maybe 100 Microsoft products. Let me see:

>>

>> MS Project 2002

>> MS Project Guides

>> MS Sharepoint Services Standard 2003

>> MS SQL Server Reporting Svcs

>> MS Publisher 2003

>> MS Mappoint

>> MS Visio

>> MS FrontPage

>> MS Windows Server Enterprise

>> MS One Note

>> MS Virtual PC

>> MS SQL Server

>> MS Office Live Comm Server

>> MS Sharepoint Portal Server

>> MS Exchange Enterprise Server

>> MS Mobile Info Server

>>

>> And that's just one section of six.

>>

>> About 1/2 of these have activation codes.
 
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