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lugosi84:
Hello,
I have a situation where I have a laptop that has a Windows key (25 character key - 5 groups of 5 characters) that is partially worn away. Some of the characters are very readable, while others are not. For the ones that are not readable, I can take a guess as to what they are.

What I would like is a program where I can enter a base Windows key and all of my guesses for each character. The program would then generate all of the possible key combinations from that information so that I can check them off as I try activating Windows with them. I guess the most ideal version of this program could try each of the combinations by brute force, but that may or may not be do-able.

I reformatted the laptop and now I cannot enter the key because I cannot read all of the characters.

Could anybody help with something like this?

Thanks,

Jim

MilesAhead:
I'm not familiar with the 5 x 5 keyboard.  But if it generates virtual key codes why not try a program that just echos the key code?

http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/80592-how-to-capture-virtual-key-code-of-a-keypress/

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd375731(v=vs.85).aspx

skwire:
I think he means the Windows OS registration key...as in the sticker on laptop is faded.  Not the keyboard...

lugosi84:
Yes, it is the OS registration key on the bottom of the laptop that is faded.

Thank you so much for your quick attention to my request :)

lugosi84:
I have a degree in computer programming, but it has been SO LONG since I have done any programming. I plan on trying my hand at this, but I know that you guys can do it a lot quicker than I can, and a lot better:)

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