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Name: stvmattsmaiden
Date: June 26, 2009 at 11:00:25 Pacific
OS: windows 98
Subcategory: Installation
Comment:

i have a compaq pc. was having problems so i restored it back and reinstalled windows 98 again. come to the end and i dont have the cover with the product #. anyway i can get a product # as now i cant do anything with it? thanks



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Response Number 1
Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: June 26, 2009 at 12:45:06 Pacific
Reply:

Here's an OEM key I recovered from a retired system:

KMTG3-VRF8M-8DCXG-3Q84W-TJ4TB


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Response Number 2
Name: jam
Date: June 26, 2009 at 13:48:36 Pacific
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And now EVERYONE has it! lol


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Response Number 3
Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: June 26, 2009 at 14:24:14 Pacific
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Yeah, at least until this thread gets removed. I guess I should have asked if he had the COA sticker on the case since it has a key printed on it. If 98 came preinstalled it would have had a COA sticker.


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Response Number 4
Name: Derek
Date: June 26, 2009 at 15:22:29 Pacific
Reply:

Hey, that one was new to me - but I do have 186 others.

Anyone remember a poster called "The Pirate"?

some other bloke...


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Response Number 5
Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: June 26, 2009 at 15:52:11 Pacific
Reply:

That's probably about what I have. The newer ones I've found are strewn over scraps of paper here and there. I need to collect them all again and put them on a single list. But there's not much call for 98 keys anymore.


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Response Number 6
Name: stvmattsmaiden
Date: June 28, 2009 at 09:11:18 Pacific
Reply:

that oem key didnt work for me but thanks anyway


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Response Number 7
Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: June 28, 2009 at 18:24:29 Pacific
Reply:

Do you have an OEM disk? If you don't know, what does it look like? It should have worked unless I copied the key down wrong or you entered it wrong. Watch the B's and 8's.


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Response Number 8
Name: stvmattsmaiden
Date: June 29, 2009 at 10:40:27 Pacific
Reply:

i have the 98 disk but not case it came in with product code


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Response Number 9
Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: June 29, 2009 at 11:59:35 Pacific
Reply:

OEM and retail disks use different keys, that's why I asked. The OEM disks will say 'for distribution with a new PC only. . .' and have plain black printing on the CD. If it's not that way then you probably have a retail disk.


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Response Number 10
Name: Derek
Date: June 29, 2009 at 18:56:55 Pacific
Reply:

stvmattsmaiden

Did you not look at your "Private messages"?

some other bloke...


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Response Number 11
Name: stvmattsmaiden
Date: June 30, 2009 at 09:02:35 Pacific
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sorry i didnt get them until last night. thank you very much and i will try them. im real new at this and computers.


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Response Number 12
Name: ChrisG (by ChristopherTGarrett)
Date: July 15, 2009 at 10:06:02 Pacific
Reply:

"If 98 came preinstalled it would have had a COA sticker."

My old Compaq 98 had no COA sticker. I just got a book with the COA on it I bought the PC in Nov 1998.

Jesus Loves You!

Keyboard not detected. Hit F1 to Continue. BREAKFAST.SYS HALTED Cerial port not Responding!!


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Response Number 13
Name: stvmattsmaiden
Date: July 15, 2009 at 12:59:47 Pacific
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no it didnt. im done messing with that. it drives me crazy! thanks all


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Response Number 14
Name: TopFarmer
Date: July 15, 2009 at 18:43:15 Pacific
Reply:

I have not installed 98 with a key for a long time now. When it asks for the key, reboot into safe mode , use regedit and navigate to the location for the key (I do not remember where) and type in any key with the correct format, all A's will even work. I'm not sure if windows update will pass. If it is not a OEM than there is one other step but again my brain is getting old.


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Response Number 15
Name: Derek
Date: July 16, 2009 at 13:15:19 Pacific
Reply:

Re TopFarmer's input (#14).

The location of the key in the registry is:-

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Productkey

some other bloke...


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Response Number 16
Name: stvmattsmaiden
Date: July 17, 2009 at 16:37:14 Pacific
Reply:

computer only opens and goes as far as enter product key, cant get no farther. thanks tho


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Response Number 17
Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: July 17, 2009 at 17:19:59 Pacific
Reply:

And any key you enter is said to be invalid? Or does it do nothing at all?

I had a hard drive fail once at that particular stage of the install. I didn't realize that right away but I entered what I knew to be a valid key and it said it was invalid. I tried another with the same response. So I rebooted and that's when I learned the drive had failed. But I guess the key formula was on (or supposed to be on) the hard drive and since it had failed I kept getting the invalid key error.


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