Windows 98 Product Key

How do I find the product key for Windows 98 on my current
computer?

Hello Devsoft,

Her_e is a previous m_essage from Alan Edwards MVP:

Subject: Key Code
From: "Alan Edwards"
Sent: 8/28/2004 4:32:08 PM

If Win98 is still running, get it from the Registry with
Regedit.exe
The key is
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersi
on
The value is ProductKey

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

-----Original Messag_e-----
How do I find the product key for Windows 98 on my
current
computer?
.

If you have not formatted the drive and you can boot to Windows, your =
Product Key can be found in the registry.
Click Start Run, type in: regedit press Enter.
Navigate to:
Hkey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion
Click once on CurrentVersion, the name not the +, and scroll to =
ProductKey in the right pane.
Or=20
MVP George Gedye has an app that will pull it from the registry for you. =
Click on Software, click on Applications, scroll down to RegInfo ver3.
http://www.mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/

If you can=92t boot Win98, but haven=92t 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 =93ProductKey=94 c:\windows\system.dat
C:\Windows\command\Find /I =93ProductKey=94 c:\system.1st
If these steps aren=92t 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.

--=20
Brian A.

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"devsoft" wrote in message =
...
How do I find the product key for Windows 98 on my current=20
computer?

When I look in the registry, it shows only "" for the
Product Key. I downloaded and ran the application you
suggested and it does show anything for the product key.
Any other suggestions?

Try the 2nd half of my response and see if you can get in DOS from =
either system.dat or system.1st.

--=20
Brian A.

Conflicts start where information lacks.
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"Devsoft" wrote in message =
...
When I look in the registry, it shows only "" for the=20
Product Key. I downloaded and ran the application you=20
suggested and it does show anything for the product key.=20
Any other suggestions?