registration keys for windows

elisha · Post by **elisha** » Sat Feb 08, 2003 1:19 am

I had a hard drive failure on the computer at home that I use for office, email, internet, etc... I know this might be a strange subject for this forum, but do any of you know how to find the registration keys for windows 98? I can't find them anywhere and cannot load the OS to get the computer back up and running....
Mike

kimgr · Post by **kimgr** » Sat Feb 08, 2003 1:28 pm

If it's an OEM version then it's on a small sticker, either on the small book that came with Win98, or on the chassis of the PC itself.
If it's a full version, then I'm not sure.

Kim.

Mercury1 · Post by **Mercury1** » Mon Feb 10, 2003 2:55 pm

You need to open the registry. How you do it is up to you. I would insert the drive into another computer if there is no physical damage other than bad sectors and get to it that way.

go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-->Software-->Microsoft-->
Windows--> Current Version. You can now see the product key entry with the number beside it.

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Micha · Post by **Micha** » Tue Feb 11, 2003 2:40 am

Full version: back of CD envelope