HP Pavilions ship with a serial number used to identify each unit. Unlike the product name and number, which apply to a specific group of units, the serial number is unique to each computer. Business owners who want to know more about their Pavilion's warranty status or need to track the product in case the Pavilion is sent out for repairs can use the serial number to obtain such information.
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Turn off the HP Pavilion and close its cover. Disconnect the power adapter.
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Turn the computer over and scan the case for a product sticker.
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Push the tabs to eject the battery pack if you don't see a sticker on the bottom of the case. Check the battery for a product label.
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Loosen the screws securing the cover panel or panels to the computer, if neither the case nor the battery include a product label. Remove the panels to reveal the product label.
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Review the product label to find the serial number on the HP Pavilion.
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- You can also find the serial number in the System Information window. Press 'Function-Esc' to open System Information.
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Looking up an HP laptop model number based on a serial number is easy to do using an online tool provided by HP. If you have access only to a list of serial numbers for your company's laptops and you want to update an asset tracking database, you'll need additional information about each computer. For instance, the model number is one important detail that you will want to enter into your records. Obtaining this information is as easy as typing a serial number into a Web form and writing down the model number provided by the HP website.
Step 1
Launch a Web browser and navigate to the HP PartSurfer website (link in Resources).
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Select your geographical region in the drop-down list, and then click 'Close' on the pop-up window that opens to confirm your selection has been saved.
Step 3
Enter the serial number for the computer you wish to look up and click the 'Arrow' icon next to the input field. The information for the serial number you entered is displayed, including the product number and full description of the computer.
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Like most programs you pay for, Adobe Acrobatrequires that you enter a unique serial number before using it. So, before you can install or reinstall Adobe Acrobat, you'll need to find the serial number that came with the program.
If you've lost your serial number, there's a very good chance you can retrieve it but only if Adobe Acrobat is still installed and the computer it's on is working.
You might be able to find your Adobe Acrobat serial number if you've uninstalled the program but only if the serial number information was left in the Windows Registry. We'll go over everything you need to know below.
The Adobe Acrobat serial number is actually more of a product key than a serial number but the terms are often used interchangeably.
How to Find Your Adobe Acrobat Serial Number
The easiest way to find your Adobe Acrobat DC or Acrobat X serial number is with a product key finder program.
Product key finder programs automatically search your computer for the product keys and serial numbers that your software programs store in the registry, Adobe Acrobat included.
See our Free Product Key Finders list for a number of programs that do just this. Not only that, they'll find your Acrobat serial for free. Most of the programs in that list are small and really easy to use.
The programs we've linked to will find the serial number for any recent edition of Acrobat, including Adobe Acrobat DC (Pro or Standard), Adobe Acrobat X, Adobe Acrobat 9, etc.
For example, Belarc Advisor, one of our favorite key finder tools (and the program shown in the example below), will properly locate the serial number for any version of Adobe Acrobat you have. If you find that another does for sure, let me know so I can keep this page updated.
The serial numbers in this picture have been greyed out but you'll see yours listed on the right side in plain text.
Most product key finder programs are designed to find serial numbers and product keys for operating systems, like Windows 10 or Windows 8, but some of them find serial numbers for several other programs as well — programs like Adobe Acrobat.
Other Ways to Find a Lost Adobe Acrobat Serial
While a keyfinder tool is certainly the easiest way to do this, no, it's not the only way.
If you're a little more technically inclined, there are a few additional ways to get your hands on a lost Acrobat serial number:
Ask Adobe for Your Acrobat Serial Number
It'd be unwise of me to skip the obvious — maybe Adobe can help! Depending on how, when, and from whom you purchased Adobe Acrobat, you may be able to contact Adobe and get your Acrobat serial number from them.
Visit Adobe's Find Your Serial Number page for more help.
Dig Up Your Acrobat Serial Number & Manually Decrypt It
Fortunately, the exact registry key that stores your Adobe Acrobat serial number is well known, as is a database file that stores it.
If you're comfortable in the Windows Registry, your Adobe Acrobat serial is located in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Below is the exact location, depending on the version of the program and whether or not you're running a 64-bit or 32-bit version of Windows.
64-bit:
32-bit:
If you see multiple folders under Adobe Acrobat, replace 11.0 in the path above to whatever version of Acrobat you have.
Your other option is to grab the cache.db file from C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesAdobeAdobe PCDcache and open it with any free SQLite database viewing tool.
Please know that this serial number is encrypted, meaning that what you find in the registry key or the database file is not the literal serial number you can enter to install Adobe Acrobat. You'll first have to decrypt the serial number.
The Adobe Acrobat serial number decryption process is fairly complex and has been well documented in this Super User thread, so we won't reinvent the wheel and post it here.
Acrobat Serial Number Generators & Cracks
Don't do that. There's no other way to put it.
While you may have come across Adobe Acrobat key generator programs or other kinds of Adobe Acrobat cracks, please know that these are not legal ways of obtaining a working serial number.
The only legal way of installing this program is by using a valid Adobe Acrobat serial number obtained through a legal purchase of the software.
If all else fails, you may be left with the final option of buying a new copy of the software. Amazon has great prices on most versions of Adobe Acrobat, plus options for previously used boxed copies as well.
Another option is to abandon Adobe Acrobat altogether and choose a free tool that does the same thing. Seriously. While not as robust, there are a number of other options out there.
Check out our list of the Best Free PDF Editors for some Acrobat alternatives that let you modify a PDF. Also see How to Print to PDF for multiple free ways to make a PDF file from any file or program.
05-11-201101:34 PM
how to tell date of manufacture of 1q524 NC701AA-ABA from serial number or how to look up?
when were they first introduced?
05-12-201108:30 AM - last edited on 02-21-201711:34 AM by
Serial Number For This Laptop
dlkegarise
See here for the release date. For the serial number the typical format is to have the 4th, 5th, and 6th characters to reference when the product was built. The first character is the year date (Y) and the next two (WW), the week in that year it was made.
CCSYWWZZZZ
Hope this helps you and anwsers your questions. Regards.
05-12-201107:53 PM
05-31-201209:38 AM - last edited on 11-04-201412:34 PM by
I would like to know the manufacture date of my designjet. Model # Q1272a serial # [Personal Information Removed]
02-18-201502:14 AM - last edited on 03-13-201501:35 PM by
Can you help me to find the YOM for serial No [moderator edited serial number]
08-25-201603:51 PM
The 4th, 5th, and 6th characters in the serial number of my HP laptop are 214. To what year does the 2 refer, 2012, 2002, or what? I get that the 14 refers to the 14th week of the year, but I cannot decode the year. Please help. Thanks.
Ron
04-25-201701:41 PM
@dlkegarise wrote:how to tell date of manufacture of 1q524 NC701AA-ABA from serial number or how to look up?
when were they first introduced?
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