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Thread ID: 41365 2004-01-08 22:21:00 AAH NOOO. Win98 Reg key doesnt work! mejobloggs (264) Press F1
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206131 2004-01-09 02:28:00 For future reference, this is where you get your key

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Click START and RUN

Enter REGEDIT

Navigate to

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion"

Look in Right hand Panel for - ProductKey
Tony.br (4018)
206132 2004-01-09 02:29:00 "quotation"?

Like "Gimme money" W. Gates.
Graham L (2)
206133 2004-01-09 02:37:00 I think I will pass it off. I need a legal version mejobloggs (264)
206134 2004-01-09 03:58:00 Ah, Graham, the wonderful multiplicity of meanings within the english language.

I dont want to condone illegalities, but just note Bloggsy that MS is withdrawing support from Win98, just as it has from Win 1.0 through to Win 95, and what you do within the privacy of your own home as long as it doesnt hurt anyone else............... :)
You cant buy a new Win98 from MS anyway.
Terry Porritt (14)
206135 2004-01-09 04:24:00 I have 3 copies of win98,none of which are or will ever be installed on a computer,if you want a key just say so. metla (154)
206136 2004-01-09 04:25:00 Another thought, you can't put that hard drive into another PC and use software to Undelete/recover it? Enough to get the User.dat and system.dat off of it.
Or cruise Trade-me for a copy with COA.
Pheonix (280)
206137 2004-01-09 05:15:00 Just consider that fundamentally, all original Win98 CDs have at sometime or other been purchased new and MS has received the money for all of them. If they are no longer prepared to sell them to anyone as part of their policy of getting people to upgrade to XP (and higher) then I leave the morality of that to people to weigh up as to what is ethical or otherwise. Terry Porritt (14)
206138 2004-01-09 05:21:00 > It is not "legal" with any vesion of Windows to run
> it on more than 1 PC.

Not true at all. There are muti volume licences so that companies can install the product on all their PC's. They would look mighty stupid having to keep all those keys around just in case.
Big John (551)
206139 2004-01-09 06:09:00 Is it the same to find MS Word product key,I have to reformat a PC with word installed,I have original disc without packet with key.
Thanks,
john.
john r (782)
206140 2004-01-09 06:20:00 > > It is not "legal" with any version of Windows to
> run
> > it on more than 1 PC.
>
> Not true at all. There are muti volume licences so
> that companies can install the product on all their
> PC's. They would look mighty stupid having to keep
> all those keys around just in case.

Yes, of course.

But it was obvious that we were talking of a home situation, and with volume licensing they are all effectively separately paid licenses anyway.

I used to have 40 of them and am very aware of the fact.
godfather (25)
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