How to match license of the recovery disc (OEM XP Pro) comes with a computer to this computer?

I inherited the task of managing computers ten here in our small office. Each comes with a recovery disc that contains an installation of XP Pro OEM program. Unfortunately, not all disks are labeled so I don't know what units delivered with what machines. Over the years, some of the machines have died which means we have installers more than machines. I want to assure you that I have the license correct correspondence to the correct computer. Is it possible to do? Is it possible to review the installer and see what license it will use will be and then look at the computer and determine the currently installed license on it? Thank you!

-Ariel

MS has a software in-house, which allows to identify any key given - and say with what channel it was issued, when it was issued and first activated, how many times it is activated, etc.

What they cannot do, is be specific about which she turned on because the database (optional) record is completely separated from the database of Activation (required).

This software is not available to the outside (for obvious reasons)

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