Need New License

We had to uninstall Windows 98SE from our old Compaq
computer that we are planning on scrapping so that we
could install it on our new-er Dell OptiPlex, but, come to
find out, my sister (who we got the Compaq from) lost the
license for it.

Is there any way that we could get a new one?

Thank you!

If Windows is now running, rightclick My Computer, Properties,
General. The product ID appears under your name in the section titled
“Registered to:”.

If you cannot access the current product ID, try making up a product
ID! The secret is that when you add up all the digits in the second
numeric field, the total must be an even multiple of seven.

Examples:

17177-OEM-1616167-16167
10597-OEM-0021407-56804
30397-OEM-0026382-89293
12697-OEM-0022316-53361

1+6+1+6+1+6+7 = 28 which is 4*7
2+1+4+7 = 14, which is 2*7
2+6+3+8+2 = 21, which is 3*7
2+2+3+1+6 = 14, which is 2*7


Bill Starbuck (MVP)

What you really need is the Product Key.

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.


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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

"Rafe Langston" wrote in message
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We had to uninstall Windows 98SE from our old Compaq
computer that we are planning on scrapping so that we
could install it on our new-er Dell OptiPlex, but, come to
find out, my sister (who we got the Compaq from) lost the
license for it.

Is there any way that we could get a new one?

Thank you!