Written by Dick CarlsonI didn’t have time to get to the Jaguar dealership to buy all my readers cars this year, but here’s something even better — a magical jelly bean just for you.
This is a little bit of free software that roots through your computer and finds those serial numbers that you should have written down somewhere for your Microsoft products — like Windows, Office, and other things you paid good money for.
Just run it once, save the little text file somewhere not on your computer and you’ll be able to easily re-install the software when disaster happens. (Note that I didn’t say “if” disaster happens.)
Here’s the description from the site:
The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a freeware open source utility that retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to install Windows from your registry. It allows you to print or save your keys for safekeeping. It works on Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, Server 2003, Server 2008, Office XP, Office 2003, and Office 2007 family of products. It also has a community-updated configuration file that retrieves product keys for many other applications. Another feature is the ability to retrieve product keys from unbootable Windows installations.
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