save certificate and key w/out loading windows

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  1. piercekalton

    piercekalton MDL Senior Member

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    #1 piercekalton, Mar 21, 2012
    is it possible to save a certificate and key without loading the OS?

    example: I have the drive connected to another PC

    also, is it possible to do for office 2010?
     
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    #5 FreeStyler, Mar 22, 2012
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    Certificate can be extracted from tokens.dat

    Copy and save or backup the following activation-related files to somewhere safe

    Code:
    %SystemDrive%\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareLicensing\Tokens.DAT
%SystemDrive%\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\Tokens.DAT
    Open with NotePad

    Search for the following string: "OEM Certificate"

    Find the string "<?xml " directly preceding the string "OEM Certificate" (About 345 characters)

    Find the string "</r:license>" directly succeeding "OEM Certificate" (About 2,370 characters)

    Select from the "<?xml " to "</r:license>" and copy into another file (Include the "<?xml " and "</r:license>")

    Save the Certificate file with .xrm-ms file extension.
     
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    #7 gandarin, Mar 28, 2012
    Thanks :D.