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Computer reload problems
windows 98 came with my computer...it crashed ...have the disc for it win 98
but have no key code for it to open it...I am not trying to bootleg it...it is too old a program...and the computer is too old to handle the newer stuff... what can i do to get a code or something to get this to work...any help would be appreciated...thanks |
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If the registry is intact, download =
http://www.62nds.co.nz/62nds/diagplus.zip and unzip the files to a floppy. Start the problem computer in "Command Prompt", insert the floppy, type "a:\diagplus" and press "Enter". This = should give you the Product key. Ben "Robert Calvary" Robert wrote in = message ... windows 98 came with my computer...it crashed ...have the disc for it = win 98=20 but have no key code for it to open it...I am not trying to bootleg = it...it=20 is too old a program...and the computer is too old to handle the newer = stuff... what can i do to get a code or something to get this to = work...any=20 help would be appreciated...thanks |
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Ben Myers had this to say: If the registry is intact, download http://www.62nds.co.nz/62nds/diagplus.zip and unzip the files to a floppy. Start the problem computer in "Command Prompt", insert the floppy, type "a:\diagplus" and press "Enter". This should give you the Product key. Ben Good call, when the OP said crashed I didn't even think about the hives still being intact and the key retrievable. Heh, thanks too for the new bookmark Galen -- "My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes |
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If you need the product key, have not formatted your drive and can still
access Windows, MVP George Gedye has an app ( RegInfo ver3 ) that will pull it from the registry for you. http://www.mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/ Click on Software, click on Applications, scroll down to RegInfo ver3. Or Your Product Key can be found in the registry. Go to Start Run, type in: regedit and hit enter. Navigate to: Hkey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion Click once on CurrentVersion, the name not the +, and scroll to ProductID or ProductKey in the right pane. If you can’t boot Win98, but haven’t formatted the system drive, then boot with a startup floppy or to a command prompt and run either of these: C:\Windows\command\Find /I “ProductKey� c:\windows\system.dat C:\Windows\command\Find /I “ProductKey� c:\system.1st If these steps aren’t possible (you already formatted it), 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. -- Brian A. Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Robert Calvary" Robert wrote in message ... windows 98 came with my computer...it crashed ...have the disc for it win 98 but have no key code for it to open it...I am not trying to bootleg it...it is too old a program...and the computer is too old to handle the newer stuff... what can i do to get a code or something to get this to work...any help would be appreciated...thanks |
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