johnrobert
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I still have V4 and it works and I am not going to read 600 posts
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Larry Sabo
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I looked under the Public user folder but can't find the Nirsoft ProduKey results file. Any guidance on exactly where it should be, @fabs ?
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It's in a folder called "keys" in the Default folder of the backup.
After you've done a restore you will find a .txt document on your desktop called "Produkey."
This will have all the keys it found.
After you've done a restore you will find a .txt document on your desktop called "Produkey."
This will have all the keys it found.
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As long as the AV did not wipe out product key program.
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@Porthos is right. If you do not find it, then AV must have killed it
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Thanks, @fabs.
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Thanks @Barcelona. Unfortunately, no such file found. I checked EAM's log and it doesn't list the program as having been detected as malicious, so I have more searching to do. I believe I still have the original HDD so will see if I can pull it from it. I'm trying to resurrect MSO 2010. (Hmm, my KB has gone wonky now -- and I'm almost out of coffee! Damn!)
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Might want to see if the product key exe is still in the Fabs folder.
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It may be gone as well.
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Even Defender will take it out and there are 2 settings to turn off to actually keep Defender from getting it.
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Not for me. WD has totally passed the torch to EAM and EAM has no mention of it in its logs. I'll check the original HDD for it with ProduKey.
Porthos
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Assuming you keep it on a USB that is not write protected, Another computer not running EAM might of zapped it in the past.
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No, I keep it on my system's hard drive and copy my Favorite Programs folder to a USB flash drive for portable work. ProduKey on my main PC works fine and that's what I used for the Fabs backup. When I just now ran Produkey (latest version) against the customer's original HDD, it does not find any keys in the customer's original hard drive -- even though I have verified they are there and non-zero. No idea why; possibly permissions but I got no prompts. Reviewing the Fabs Autobackup log of the back-up that was originally made, there is no mention of ProduKey and no errors. I'm stumped.
Porthos
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Try both the 32 and 64 bit versions.
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I guess Produkey got deleted before Fab's AutoBackup could detect it. Then it did not even try to run it, thinking it was missing in a first place.
I used to wish I could make Fab's AutoBackup able to do all that decryption stuff by itself but seeing how antimalware are treating those tools, I am glad I did not even try to do that.
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Porthos
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There are still home/ single user/computers who paid for 2010 and have no use for a subscription even if it includes 1 tbof onedrive storage since many dont trust the "cloud" anyway.
In my case (since I don't/won't use Outlook I am considering canceling my idrive and going with 365 home at $70 yearly and using Onedrive instead. Have not decided for sure yet. My 2010 still works just fine.
You need to run ProduKey as administrator to access another drive's registry. It doesn't raise the UAC prompt itself.
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I did; the results pane is still totally empty.
Porthos
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I did; the results pane is still totally empty.
