In a message dated 6/5/2005 10:11:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, etm1935@yahoo.com writes: > > > Sticker might be on the back of your tower, Gerri, > I've never looked for mine, I am too old to start > crawling around to find it, since it isn't always > immediately noticeable. My HP had XP > pre-installed, it has passed all Microsoft > security checks for updates and for downloading > additional Microsoft programming. I am using the > HP OEM version of XP-Home and trust the > information obtained via BelArc. There also is a > small utility that will provide you with your key: > > http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml > > Elaine > thanks elaine, will ck it out and thanks to lance too... will have to follow up on all this ... gerri