Posted 07/15/2009 at 10:11:40am

Download Magic Jelly Bean Keyfinder (search Google)

Run key finder

Write down key.

and done

---Cheapest thing to do is find the OEM install cds on Ebay, many admins sell tons of copies since they use a volume key license.

Posted 07/14/2009 at 08:11:41am

Symbolic links are to point you at a location which is mostly useful for file folders or if you want to only have to delete one copy of a file to free up space.  Hard links would be chosen if you want to be able to update a specific file and not have the file content erased if the original file was deleted.

 In other words Hard links point to data and symbolic links point to files.  As the article stated, symbolic is a shortcut that any program can use since it is part of the OS. 

To the original point, the chose a symbolic link because the data only had to be in one spot so a shortcut to the folder was the best solution.  Most people want a song gone if they delete it and not to hang around because of a hard link at another location, which makes it easier to manage.  You can also have another hard drive that can be used as a folder so you get to have the link to the folder and not take up space on the first drive.