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Cross-post when necessary, but never multi-post. Cross-posting is when you  
  
include two or more groups in the "Newsgroups:" section. In this scenario  
  
the message and all responses are seen in all groups that the message was  
  
cross-posted to. In other words any replies will automatically propagate to  
  
the other newsgroup posts.  
  
Multi-posting is when you post the same message to two or more groups  
  
individually. In this scenario the message is seen in the groups it is  
  
posted to, but the responses are only seen attached to the message (unless  
  
you cross-post the reply) in which the response was made. So those that  
  
frequent these groups then need to deal with or re-read the posts. It may  
  
seem like a small thing to keep track of. But some of us actively traverse  
  
50 or more groups. The poster also then must search out all of the posts to  
  
see if there was a response.  
  
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Regards,  
  
Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.  
  
Microsoft Certified Professional  
  
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I have a screwed up registry (it came off a different computer with entries  
  
for all the wrong chipsets) and will probably have to repair it from a copy  
  
of a Windows 2000 install disc I was using for SFCs on this system (which  
  
came with a recovery disc I no longer have)  
  
I have BartPE and want to get the existing product key out of the registry  
  
to  put in when asked for it by the repair installation. Does anyone know  
  
where to find it in which file on Windows 2000 please? It isn't in system or  
  
user.dat in WINNT or WINNT\SYSTEM32 (which don't seem to exist in 2000)

No problem.  
  
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Regards,  
  
Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.  
  
Microsoft Certified Professional  
  
Microsoft MVP [Windows]  
  
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"news.microsoft.com" wrote:

Sorry about that: You are absolutely correct and I have never multi-posted  
  
before  
  
I posted to one group and when I saw no answer in a few days, started to  
  
wonder whether I needed to post to the RIGHT group.  (Then  embarassed, I  
  
saw the answer in an earlier posting to A correct group)

Both WINNT in WINNT\System32 do exist in Windows 2000.  The registry hive  
  
files are located in WINNT\system32\config.  I'd guess that the product  
  
key is stored in the system file in that folder, but it's encrypted.  
  
There are various program that can extract the product key from an  
  
operational system, but I don't know of anything that will work with a  
  
stand-alone hive.  
  
news.microsoft.com <fountainpen@amexol.net> wrote:  
  
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Gary L. Smith  
  
Columbus, Ohio