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Old October 18th 07, 04:16 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Default Unable to key product key off my Certificate of Authenticity.


... Had the same problem. Called Microsoft, they gave me a
... *generic* key that they said would work with *all* CDs,
... and said, "feel free to pass this on". I guess since
... they don't support it anymore, there's no reason to
... keep it a secret anymore. Anyway, the generic key is:
...
... VP9VV-VJW7Q-MHY6W-JK47R-M2KGJ

The same explanation (March 28, 2007) for that product key can be
found he

http://forums.techguy.org/windows-95...-vredir-5.html

It can also be found in this web-forum thread:

http://www.computertrouble.co.uk/for...pic.php?t=2695

It was listed (inadvertently) as part of a Belarc Advisor system
information dump on Feb 7, 2006.

I doubt there is/was anything called a "generic" win-98 key (unless
possibly an MSDN key -?).

It looks to have been inadvertently been made public early last year.
The MVP's can put forward their own explanation - if they want.

A google search for more postings of dumps made by Belarc Advisor
turns up the following:

http://info.weba.com.pl/komputery/(Marcin).htm
Key: F73HC-XYXR3-R34GV-B4F9M-XWTR8

http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=39458
Key: P8M8D-X9F2M-37GPT-MKTMV-VVX8T

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Windows-9...-problem-4.htm
Key: VTXBY-99K94-9C6CW-Q2FR4-8Q4VQ

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1171609464
Key: BCM7H-BH7XW-JQC9R-Y3GDB-26B93

http://www.5starsupport.com/ipboard/...php?t2026.html
Key: KXX9H-QVH8V-RP4VR-2XQ9X-VW2JH

There are lots more examples:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...re+Licenses%22