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Win98 suddenly asks for product key when booting
Eureka! It lives!!!
Thank you so very much!!! Now - how do I actually make a new backup copy of the registry? Michael. -----Original Message----- Hi Michael, I would suggest restoring the registry to the day before Nuker made the changes to the system. And we will go from there. To restore a backup copy of the registry using ScanReg 1. Start your computer, press and hold CTRL, (or by tapping F8) select Command Prompt Only 2. At the MS-DOS prompt, type scanreg /restore. 3. Select the previous registry you want to restore, and then press ENTER. 4. When you receive notification that you restored a properly working registry, press ENTER to restart your computer. -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164 "Michael" wrote My girlfriend did some creative deleting of registry keys and files last night, based on a sweep performed by "Spyware Nuker" (www.nuker.com), which is an adware and spyware scanning tool. The Spyware Nuker comes up with a list of files, cookies, running programs and registry keys that contain adware and spyware. She proceeded to delete the appropriate files, cookies and registry keys as I had done previously on 3 computers here in our office. My 3 computers have functioned much better after the cleaning. Unfortunately her IBM thinkpad 385ED laptop is not fairing as well. After the re-boot, the computer is initially appearing to load Windows 98 normally, but in the middle of the process of loading, a window pops up called the "Windows 98 Installation Wizard", which, among other things, suddenly asks her for the product registration key. She has tried to enter the key that is thought to be the correct key for the system - but it was not accepted. How do I - from 2,000 miles away - get her computer operational again? If it comes to it - can Windows 98 be re-installed right over the existing installation? There is information on the hard-drive which needs to be saved, so a system restore is not an option... Thank you for your help. Michael. . |
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Win98 suddenly asks for product key when booting
Hi Michael,
No need to. Once per day at startup a new CAB file containing a backup of the registry is created by Registry Checker. The file name is Rbxxx.cab (where xxx is a unique number assigned when the file is created). The new file replaces the oldest file. These files are located in the \Windows\Sysbckup (hidden) folder. Registry Checker always maintains at least the last configuration from which the system was successfully booted. Description of the Windows Registry Checker Tool (Scanreg.exe): http://support.microsoft.com/default...87&Product=w98 -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164 Michael wrote Eureka! It lives!!! Thank you so very much!!! Now - how do I actually make a new backup copy of the registry? Michael. -----Original Message----- Hi Michael, I would suggest restoring the registry to the day before Nuker made the changes to the system. And we will go from there. To restore a backup copy of the registry using ScanReg 1. Start your computer, press and hold CTRL, (or by tapping F8) select Command Prompt Only 2. At the MS-DOS prompt, type scanreg /restore. 3. Select the previous registry you want to restore, and then press ENTER. 4. When you receive notification that you restored a properly working registry, press ENTER to restart your computer. -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164 "Michael" wrote My girlfriend did some creative deleting of registry keys and files last night, based on a sweep performed by "Spyware Nuker" (www.nuker.com), which is an adware and spyware scanning tool. The Spyware Nuker comes up with a list of files, cookies, running programs and registry keys that contain adware and spyware. She proceeded to delete the appropriate files, cookies and registry keys as I had done previously on 3 computers here in our office. My 3 computers have functioned much better after the cleaning. Unfortunately her IBM thinkpad 385ED laptop is not fairing as well. After the re-boot, the computer is initially appearing to load Windows 98 normally, but in the middle of the process of loading, a window pops up called the "Windows 98 Installation Wizard", which, among other things, suddenly asks her for the product registration key. She has tried to enter the key that is thought to be the correct key for the system - but it was not accepted. How do I - from 2,000 miles away - get her computer operational again? If it comes to it - can Windows 98 be re-installed right over the existing installation? There is information on the hard-drive which needs to be saved, so a system restore is not an option... Thank you for your help. Michael. . |
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