Get your Windows product key from a script

A while back Stacy asked: "Hi Steve. I was wondering if you knew of a way to get a windows product key from a script. I need it because we are trying to audit our windows licensing, and see if we have any duplicate keys" And by coincidence, I got this email from Matthew P: "Do you guys have a quick tool to see what model a computer is? Just as soon as I typed this I remembered I already have a tool for this sort of thing, and I'm attaching it now..." The real gem in Matthew's script is the ability to pull out a Windows product key. This info is located in the registry under HKLM\Software\Windows NT\CurrentVersion With a value of: DigitalProductId If you look at it, you will realize it is encrypted: That is what his script takes care of. It reverses the simple XOR encryption and turns that numeric mess into a readable product key. You can get the script from here: GetProductKey.dat Just rename to .vbs, and it outputs the OS version, and key to the console. Steve Wiseman http://www.intelliadmin.com