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Retrieve Windows/Office Keys from Remote PC or External HDD

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Using a Windows utility called ProduKey you can retrieve the product keys for Microsoft Windows and Office.

  1. First click “here” to download (the link is down the bottom, you want the ZIP file)
  2. Open the saved file and extract to a folder that is easily accessible
  3. Open ProduKey.exe and it will automatically retrieve the product keys for the local machine.
  4. To recover the keys for another Windows installation, click File, Select Source
  5. Select Load the Product Keys from External Windows Directory and click Browse to locate the Windows directory you want to retrieve the keys for.

Note: Using this utility you can also recover the keys using a software hive and remote computers on the network (you have admin access to).

Note: Below are the command prompts commands to run the tool from the windows Command Prompt.

produkey.exe /remote Server01

produkey.exe /remotefile “c:tempcomputers.txt”

produkey.exe /regfile “F:WINNTsystem32configsoftware”

produkey.exe /windir “c:winnt” /shtml “c:temppk.html”

produkey.exe /remoteall

produkey.exe /remotealldomain MyDomain

produkey.exe /iprange 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.50

produkey.exe /stab “” >> c:tempprd.txt

produkey.exe /OfficeKeys 0 /WindowsKeys 1 /shtml f:tempkeys.html

 

Scrivener Crashing

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Attempting to open Scrivener and having the application closing on you, the common way to fix this is adjust the file permissions follow the instructions below to repair.

  1. Open a Terminal (Applications/Utilities) 
  2. Typesudo chmod -R 0755 /Applications/Scrivener.app
  3. Press Enter
  4. Open Scrivener again.

Note: This fix has also been able to work on other OSX Applications that have problems launching.

How to link your Guild Wars 1 account to Guild Wars 2

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Follow the instructions below to link your Guild Wars 1 account to Guild Wars 2

 

  1. Go to Guild Wars 2 account page
  2. Login to your Guild Wars 2 account
  3. On the left hand side click Link Accounts
  4. Enter your Guild Wars 1 details and click Ok

 

Note: Once  you have completed the link you should then get an item in your inventory (in Guild Wars 2) that will teleport you to Hall of Monuments.