I have a Dell Windows Media Center Edition CD but no CD Key

What I want to know is, it it legal to have a disk, but not the CD key?
I’m sure the answer is probably no, but if I did have an illegal CD key, would Windows detect it when I connect to the internet and shut the system down/send police to my house?! I’ve never got an illegal CD key before, but my laptop needs a new installation bad, its unable to System Restore (virus) and it can’t be formatted (Ctrl+F11 at startup), it just says ” Cannot be formatted “.
But like I said before, I have the Disk but not the CD key, and when I put in the disk(after the computer has completely started up) to install a new installation it runs the program, asks if I want to Install Windows Media, or if I want to view help files etc, and when I click to Install it asks me for the CD key, and doing a Repair doesn’t work.
So 3 questions, can anyone post a working Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 SP2 CD key; and, though surely illegal, will I get busted by Microsoft with even a 1% chance; and what happens if I DID get busted?
Thanks!
Answer #1
Ill pm you the key. No the police are not going to come. And afer you use key and install youll need to use a wga program which is found here.
http://www.google.com?t=2354964
Answer #2
what OS you on
XP ?
use “magic jelly bean” to find your current CD keyhttp://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/
and save “wpa.dbl” in “windows/systme32” folder and replace it after install then no activation needed
Answer #3
They usually stick a sticker on their desktop/laptop back ..
It has the serial. Check it dude