Re: Serial Number

"DA" <jdonaldallen@charter.net> wrote in
news:47ab8cf2$1_3@cnews:

> 
> I have PSP 8.1 on one machine, thinking of taking it off this one and
> putting it on another....how can I find the serial number of the
> installed one?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> DA 

Unless you have kept the original serial number somewhere since you 
originally purchased the software, I don't think there is a way to recover 
it.  Perhaps somebody knows if it is recorded in a registry entry 
somewhere.

I know this won't help now, but for future reference, when you purchase 
software on a disc where the serial number is provided separately than on 
the disc itself, it pays to actually write it on the disc.  Similarly, when 
you download software and get a serial by email, it pays to burn a backup 
copy of the download to disc and write the serial on the disc.

Regards,

JoeB

DA wrote:
> 
> I have PSP 8.1 on one machine, thinking of taking it off this one and
> putting it on another....how can I find the serial number of the installed
> one?

It's on a card in the box if you purchased a boxed version and
in an email from Jasc if you purchased a downloaded version.

Spandex Rutabaga wrote:
> 
> DA wrote:
> >
> > I have PSP 8.1 on one machine, thinking of taking it off this one and
> > putting it on another....how can I find the serial number of the
installed
> > one?
> 
> It's on a card in the box if you purchased a boxed version and
> in an email from Jasc if you purchased a downloaded version.

That's assuming PSP 8 even has a serial number.

I have PSP 8.1 on one machine, thinking of taking it off this one and
putting it on another....how can I find the serial number of the installed
one?

Thanks.

DA 

Thanks for all your responses.
I bought this program years ago.
I have since lost the box.  On the original Cd
the following is listed:  01-PSP8-US.
I am sure this is not the SN but it is all I have.
Again thanks.
I will probably just try to install to the new machine
before I delete it from the old and see what happens.
DA




"Tim Morrison" <timmorr64@XremoveXhotmail.com> wrote in message

news:47abf8dd_2@cnews...
>
> DA wrote:
>> I have PSP 8.1 on one machine, thinking of taking it off this one and
>> putting it on another....how can I find the serial number of the
>> installed one?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> DA
>
> There were, I think, three different ways of buying PSP 8. If bought as a 
> download or on a CD, it didn't have a serial number. The third, and far 
> less common way (if it existed at all), was to activate a trial version. 
> This might've had a serial number or it might've been activated over the 
> web, but I think it mostly involved uninstalling the trial and installing 
> a downloaded full version, which wouldn't have a serial number.
> So most likely you won't have a serial number. On the odd chance that you 
> do, then your best bet is to find the serial number in an old archived 
> email, or written down somewhere. It probably doesn't exist anywhere 
> within the program or the registry in a plain, unencrypted form. In this 
> case, your best bet would be to copy the PSP 8 folder from the old 
> computer to the new. It will normally be at C:\Program Files\Jasc Software

> Inc\Paint Shop Pro 8... copy it to the same place on the new computer. 
> Also copy the "My Documents\My PSP8 Files" folder from the old
computer to 
> your My Documents folder on the new computer.   Run C:\Program Files\Jasc 
> Software Inc\Paint Shop Pro 8\Paint Shop Pro.exe on the new computer, and 
> PSP should recreate the registry entries and cache file it needs. You will

> need to manually make any desktop or Start Menu shortcuts for starting the

> program.
>
> -- 
> Tim Morrison
> C-Tech Volunteer
>
>