Get Windows XP CD Key
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 11:57 am
Can someone please convert this Visual Basic code to PureBasic? I had a
go without any success (I'm crap at maths and using Xor/Mod etc).
go without any success (I'm crap at maths and using Xor/Mod etc).

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'**************************************
' Name: View Windows XP CD Key
' Description:Function: sGetXPCDKey() wi
' ll return the CD Key for Windows XP in t
' he format XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX.
'
' By: Snytax
'
' Inputs:Nothing.
'
' Returns:Your Windows XP CD Key.
'
'This code is copyrighted and has' limited warranties.Please see http://w
' ww.Planet-Source-Code.com/vb/scripts/Sho
' wCode.asp?txtCodeId=57164&lngWId=1'for details.'**************************************
'sGetXPCDKey() -
'Returns the Windows XP CD Key if succes
' sful.
'Returns nothing upon failure.
Public Function sGetXPCDKey() As String
'Read the value of:
'HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows NT\Curr
' entVersion\DigitalProductId
Dim bDigitalProductID() As Byte
Dim bProductKey() As Byte
Dim ilByte As Long
Dim lDataLen As Long
Dim hKey As Long
'Open the registry key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\MI
' CROSOFT\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
If RegOpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows NT\CurrentVersion", hKey) = ERROR_SUCCESS Then
lDataLen = 164
ReDim Preserve bDigitalProductID(lDataLen)
'Read the value of DigitalProductID
If RegQueryValueEx(hKey, "DigitalProductId", 0&, REG_BINARY, bDigitalProductID(0), lDataLen) = ERROR_SUCCESS Then
'Get the Product Key, 15 bytes long, off
' set by 52 bytes
ReDim Preserve bProductKey(14)
For ilByte = 52 To 66
bProductKey(ilByte - 52) = bDigitalProductID(ilByte)
Next ilByte
Else
'ERROR: Could not read "DigitalProductID
' "
sGetXPCDKey = ""
Exit Function
End If
Else
'ERROR: Could not open "HKLM\SOFTWARE\MI
' CROSOFT\Windows NT\CurrentVersion"
sGetXPCDKey = ""
Exit Function
End If
'Now we are going to 'base24' decode the
' Product Key
Dim bKeyChars(0 To 24) As Byte
'Possible characters in the CD Key:
bKeyChars(0) = Asc("B")
bKeyChars(1) = Asc("C")
bKeyChars(2) = Asc("D")
bKeyChars(3) = Asc("F")
bKeyChars(4) = Asc("G")
bKeyChars(5) = Asc("H")
bKeyChars(6) = Asc("J")
bKeyChars(7) = Asc("K")
bKeyChars(8) = Asc("M")
bKeyChars(9) = Asc("P")
bKeyChars(10) = Asc("Q")
bKeyChars(11) = Asc("R")
bKeyChars(12) = Asc("T")
bKeyChars(13) = Asc("V")
bKeyChars(14) = Asc("W")
bKeyChars(15) = Asc("X")
bKeyChars(16) = Asc("Y")
bKeyChars(17) = Asc("2")
bKeyChars(18) = Asc("3")
bKeyChars(19) = Asc("4")
bKeyChars(20) = Asc("6")
bKeyChars(21) = Asc("7")
bKeyChars(22) = Asc("8")
bKeyChars(23) = Asc("9")
Dim nCur As Integer
Dim sCDKey As String
Dim ilKeyByte As Long
Dim ilBit As Long
For ilByte = 24 To 0 Step -1
'Step through each character in the CD k
' ey
nCur = 0
For ilKeyByte = 14 To 0 Step -1
'Step through each byte in the Product K
' ey
nCur = nCur * 256 Xor bProductKey(ilKeyByte)
bProductKey(ilKeyByte) = Int(nCur / 24)
nCur = nCur Mod 24
Next ilKeyByte
sCDKey = Chr(bKeyChars(nCur)) & sCDKey
If ilByte Mod 5 = 0 And ilByte <> 0 Then sCDKey = "-" & sCDKey
Next ilByte
sGetXPCDKey = sCDKey
End Function