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wes
June 15th 04, 02:26 AM
My son gave me an old laptop with Windows 98 on it. I
didn't have the Windows cd for it so when I wanted to
used Windows setup, I mistakenly used another cd from
another machine that was out of use. I don't know the
product code for the cd I used. The machine is locked up
so I can't use the correct cd if I get it. I don't want
to pay Microsoft $35 for a fix so I'm wondering if
someone knows how to get me out of this.

Chris
June 15th 04, 11:25 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>My son gave me an old laptop with Windows 98 on it. I
>didn't have the Windows cd for it so when I wanted to
>used Windows setup, I mistakenly used another cd from
>another machine that was out of use. I don't know the
>product code for the cd I used. The machine is locked up
>so I can't use the correct cd if I get it. I don't want
>to pay Microsoft $35 for a fix so I'm wondering if
>someone knows how to get me out of this.
>.
>
Boot your laptop from a Win98 floppy; if you don't have
one -
www.bootdisk.com

Also go to -
www.dougknox.com

for 'Productkey.vbs' or follow Doug's instructions on the
command to use to recover the existing product key.

chrissy
June 22nd 04, 03:43 PM
Di dyou get an swer to this. My pc was running fine, but
I noticed that I was missing a few of the original items
that cam installed, so I did a system reboot and now I am
locked in the windows 98 wlcome screen asking for the
product code, which I threw away like 5 years ago. Please
help.
>-----Original Message-----
>My son gave me an old laptop with Windows 98 on it. I
>didn't have the Windows cd for it so when I wanted to
>used Windows setup, I mistakenly used another cd from
>another machine that was out of use. I don't know the
>product code for the cd I used. The machine is locked up
>so I can't use the correct cd if I get it. I don't want
>to pay Microsoft $35 for a fix so I'm wondering if
>someone knows how to get me out of this.
>.
>

darkrats
June 22nd 04, 07:22 PM
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"chrissy" > wrote in message
...
> Di dyou get an swer to this. My pc was running fine, but
> I noticed that I was missing a few of the original items
> that cam installed, so I did a system reboot and now I am
> locked in the windows 98 wlcome screen asking for the
> product code, which I threw away like 5 years ago. Please
> help.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>My son gave me an old laptop with Windows 98 on it. I
>>didn't have the Windows cd for it so when I wanted to
>>used Windows setup, I mistakenly used another cd from
>>another machine that was out of use. I don't know the
>>product code for the cd I used. The machine is locked up
>>so I can't use the correct cd if I get it. I don't want
>>to pay Microsoft $35 for a fix so I'm wondering if
>>someone knows how to get me out of this.
>>.
>>

Ron Badour
June 26th 04, 09:59 PM
The W98 ProductKey is generally found on the Windows user manual, the
certificate of authenticity, a sticker on the PC or a sticker on the sleeve
or jewel case the Windows CD came in. The 25-digit key is 5 groups of 5
alpha/numeric characters. The Key might be available from the system:

If the system is working in either safe or normal mode:

Open regedit.exe to this key and look in the right pane for the entry
ProductKey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion

If the system is not working, start the computer with a floppy startup disk.

At the A: prompt, type: C:\Windows\Command\Find /N "ProductKey"
C:\Windows\System.dat
(Note: ProductKey must be typed in upper and lower case letters as shown
and there is a space after: "Find" after: "/N" and after:
"ProductKey"

If the hard drive has been formatted or replaced, US customers can contact
Microsoft at: 1 800 642-7676. They will issue retail and OEM product keys
after verifying data located on the W98 CD.


--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"chrissy" > wrote in message
...
> Di dyou get an swer to this. My pc was running fine, but
> I noticed that I was missing a few of the original items
> that cam installed, so I did a system reboot and now I am
> locked in the windows 98 wlcome screen asking for the
> product code, which I threw away like 5 years ago. Please
> help.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >My son gave me an old laptop with Windows 98 on it. I
> >didn't have the Windows cd for it so when I wanted to
> >used Windows setup, I mistakenly used another cd from
> >another machine that was out of use. I don't know the
> >product code for the cd I used. The machine is locked up
> >so I can't use the correct cd if I get it. I don't want
> >to pay Microsoft $35 for a fix so I'm wondering if
> >someone knows how to get me out of this.
> >.
> >