My PC crashed and I had to do a fresh install of Windows 2000. How can I recover application passwords and keys ? Is it possible from SAM in registry ?
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My PC has crashed, can recover passwords and keys ?
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Posted 11 months ago #
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You've already lost it all if you've re-installed windows already.
Posted 11 months ago # -
I recovered data from the hard drive including WINNT, and Program Files folders. Windows was reinstalled on a new hard drive.
Posted 11 months ago # -
If you have a back-up of your registry.. you may be able to recover some programs. I'm not going to post the whole procedure. There's numerous topics on the subject here in the forums, and If I tell you how to do it here in this thread.. I'll more and likely be edited by the moderators for sharing information that basically allows you to reinstall the software.
You could always break down and buy the software.. that is the working theory of the "Giveaway of the day" project here. Or.. you could just wait for the program to roll around again for giveaway... That's not so far fetched considering the recent giveaways as of late.
Posted 11 months ago #
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