Where to Find Software Serials, Keys, & Install Codes. Serial keys for software programs, more accurately called product keys or installation keys, are needed before you can install almost any popular software program.
Serial keys or key codes are often required during the first part of a program's installation or sometimes after using a program for a certain period of time. So what do you do when you can't find that specially installation code but you need to install the program again? Not only that, the stored keys are usually encrypted, making what you dig up there completely useless anyway. Most product key finder programs were originally designed to find the serial numbers and key codes for operating systems like Windows 1. Vista, etc., but many of them find serials and keys for many other programs too, like office suites, video games, and more.