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How to retrieve your Windows Product Key from Registry

October 22, 2013April 14, 2023 Thomas

Sometimes it can be convenient to be able to retrieve the Windows Product key from an active Windows installation e.g. if you have lost your Windows COA Sticker or if you can’t read the sticker anymore because it has been damage. I have developed a little tool in Visual Basic that can help you to retrieve your Windows Product key from the registry on an active Windows installation. With this tool you can find your Product Key before you reinstall your system to be sure that you are able to reactivate your Windows license. No…

How to disable the Windows Key in Windows

October 28, 2012March 16, 2021 Thomas

Back in 1995 when Microsoft released Windows 95 they also introduced the PC world to a new keyboard key, simply just called the Windows Key.

Rename Multiple Files with Bulk Rename Utility

September 18, 2012April 15, 2023 Thomas

I think we all have been there. You have hundreds or maybe thousands of pictures taken with a digital camera on your hard drive and decide to start organize them with better describing filenames than the default names that the camera have given the pictures. It is not a very fun task and it seems like a never ending story. Have you been there? Did you renamed all the files manually or did you quit the task?

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware – The best cleanup tools available on the Internet

October 28, 2011April 17, 2023 Thomas

If your PC has been infected with something bad (spyware, malware, virus e.g.) and you don’t know what it is or how to get rid of it, I have one single advise for you: Download Anti-Malware from Malwarebytes and let it fix the problems for you.

Smart Defrag – Free and fast Defrag Tool from IObit

July 31, 2011April 17, 2023 Thomas

Recently I was asked if I would do a test and a review of one of IObit’s tools and after trying out the Smart Defrag 2 tool I agreed to write a little review of the product. If you, like me don’t think that the built-in defrag in Windows 7 or Windows Vista is top of the class you might want to check this one out.