How do I get the CD key from win98SE CD files? 2

[JonathanB]

how?

 

[mikecx]

If you are asking where to find it, check your registry. Its there. I forget the key value tho.

 

[mainegeek]

It should be with the copy of your license. If you have a fairly new pc you might look at the back of you pc case for a small multi-colored sticker.

 

[Snickle]

In regedit, navigate to and click on:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

The key will be in the right pane.

 

[JonathanB]

I have notes on these registry. How about in the uninstalled CD files? Can the CD key be retrieved from there? If eveer possible?

 

[mainegeek]

Put the WIN98 CD down. click
on srart,run,type in regedit. click ok and then follow BERTON'S directions from his post above.

 

[edfair]

It isn't in the CD files. It is put into the OS files when you install.
If you are asking because you need a key to reinstall, ask a buddy, but please don't ask here. Ed Fair
unixstuff@juno.com
Any advice I give is my best judgement based on my interpretation of the facts you supply. Help increase my knowledge by providing some feedback, good or bad, on any advice I have given.

 

[JonathanB]

We'll if I can't find the CD key there, it's okay. A P3 PC was given me by my office with 98SE. There are lots of stuff there that I don't need, and I want also a clean-install. Our office has no available tech yet so I initiated the hookup and perhaps the installation. They gave me the win98SE files and I was able to download it from their networked PC to this P3. However, I can't find the CD key and the tech is not yet around. I don't want to use my home 98SE either for my office. The tech will not be around for a month. Worst is I wait for the tech...

 

[edfair]

Your original post asked for help in getting key code from the CD. It isn't stored on the CD. It comes from a label on the manual, or from a label on the computer, or from a label on the jewel case, depending on what you have.
Once it is installed, using the key provided by Microsoft, you use the instructions in the thread above to read it.
Depends on what you downloaded. If you downloaded an install set of files, there isn't a key code there. You have to go to the machine where it is installed to look it up. But using it on a second machine is also considered software piracy.
A clean install is best. But a clean install implies that you have an install set of files and a key code that will work, installed probably from the CD, but it can also be from a separate drive since the clean install also implies a clean c:.
I prefer installing from the hard drive. But there is about 140mb of overhead involved. Ed Fair
unixstuff@juno.com
Any advice I give is my best judgement based on my interpretation of the facts you supply. Help increase my knowledge by providing some feedback, good or bad, on any advice I have given.

 

[JonathanB]

Thanks Ed Fair and the rest. I got what I need now.

 

[9mmmmmmmmm]

1. Double click MY COMPUTER
2. Double click CONTROL PANEL
3. Double click SYSTEM
4. second column has your name ... company name and serial #

 

[somejoe]

I could be wrong, but I believe the above advice (9mmmm . . . )works for Windows 95 but not for Windows 98. That's been my experience. Microsoft got a little smarter.

 

[cshajkur]

The Belarc Adviser program will also give it to you. Download here: belarcadvisor.com

 

[deke40]

Here is a neat little trick:

Copy and paste the following into notepad, and save it as productkey.js

var WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell" var ProductKey = WSHShell.RegRead("HKLM\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Productkey" WSHShell.Popup(ProductKey, 0, "Windows 98 Product CD Key", 64);


Then, go to where you saved it and double click on it. Instant Product Key.

Deke