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

In ,
Robert Calvary Robert had this to say:


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

Did it come with the book? It could be on that. Does the case have a green
sticker on it? It could be on that. Other than that you haven't a great deal
of choices unless, perhaps, you can find the OEM and it's still somehow
amazingly supported by them and they're willing to give you a new key for
it. I'd not count on that option though.

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

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

In ,
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

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