match code key to product

[JGeng09]

Have CD sleeve with product ID and code bar code label but no CD and no
Application name.
Searched internet for Product ID 7515017 with no luck. There must be a
software database matching product ID to application somewhere?



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[VanguardLH]

Post by JGeng09
Have CD sleeve with product ID and code bar code label but no CD and
no Application name. Searched internet for Product ID 7515017 with no
luck. There must be a software database matching product ID to
application somewhere?

More likely the sleeve label is the product key aka install key, not a
product ID key (unless it says so). Product IDs are not product keys.
Product IDs identify a product title while product keys allow you to
activate that product. That is a short number but check if the label
says Product ID or Product Key.

So why not put the CD into an optical drive and use a file manager tool
to see what is on it? You never mentioned to which operating systems on
hosts you have access to go look at the contents of the disc. Just be
sure the OS on which you mount the disc doesn't search for and
automatically run a program on the disc (an obvious security flaw).

[Barry Margolin]

Post by VanguardLH

Post by JGeng09
Have CD sleeve with product ID and code bar code label but no CD and
no Application name. Searched internet for Product ID 7515017 with no
luck. There must be a software database matching product ID to
application somewhere?

What does this have to do with security?

I don't think there's any reason to expect product IDs to be unique, or
for there to be a general database of them. They're like part numbers or
model numbers, they likely only have any meaning to the specific vendor.
Do you know the vendor?

Post by VanguardLH
More likely the sleeve label is the product key aka install key, not a
product ID key (unless it says so). Product IDs are not product keys.
Product IDs identify a product title while product keys allow you to
activate that product. That is a short number but check if the label
says Product ID or Product Key.
So why not put the CD into an optical drive and use a file manager tool
to see what is on it?

From the first line of his post "but no CD".

[VanguardLH]

Post by Barry Margolin
What does this have to do with security?

Why you asking me (VanguardLH)? You replied to me, not to JGeng09.

Could be he thinks the product was some security software but doesn't
know which one of several he has found piled in a drawer.

Post by Barry Margolin

Post by VanguardLH
So why not put the CD into an optical drive and use a file manager
tool to see what is on it?

From the first line of his post "but no CD".

Doh! Stupid me.

So what's he going to do with a product ID or even with a product key if
he doesn't have the product to install or use? Maybe he is trying to
match it up with a bunch of loose CDs or he thinks he can sell a product
key alone on eBay but I'm just guessing as to his motive.

[Barry Margolin]

Post by VanguardLH

Post by Barry Margolin
What does this have to do with security?

Why you asking me (VanguardLH)? You replied to me, not to JGeng09.

I wasn't asking you. I posted a single message that replied to both him
and you. I inserted my question to him after quoting his text, and a
reply to you after a quote of your portion.

Post by VanguardLH
Could be he thinks the product was some security software but doesn't
know which one of several he has found piled in a drawer.

Post by Barry Margolin

Post by VanguardLH
So why not put the CD into an optical drive and use a file manager
tool to see what is on it?

From the first line of his post "but no CD".

Doh! Stupid me.
So what's he going to do with a product ID or even with a product key if
he doesn't have the product to install or use? Maybe he is trying to
match it up with a bunch of loose CDs or he thinks he can sell a product
key alone on eBay but I'm just guessing as to his motive.

Good questions.