Subj : Re: WinXP Product Key
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Frank Reid
Date : Thu Apr 21 2005 05:33 am

  Re: Re: WinXP Product Key
  By: Angus Mcleod to Mindless Automaton on Thu Apr 21 2005 00:30:00

 > Another reason why I'd like to know *how* instead of just having an
 > application to do it.  If you had the algorithm, you could write Linix
 > code to do it from a Linux boot disk.  (Or *any* rescue disk, for that
 > matter.)

Well, I'm not the author, I don't condone its use and it's WAY above my head,
but I stuck:

http://www.bbsdoors.com/mskey.doc

It shows the mechanics (mathematics) behind key generation and recovery. 
Perhaps you could translate it into functional code, but not I!  :)

Frank

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