It's a client machine and he really doesn't want to pay for a new copy, but he lost his key. You should be able to run regedit via DOS, but it's not exactly user friendly. However, I don't have a Win98 system handy to try this out myself, but hopefully it'll do the job you need.
Failing that, a couple searches seem to suggest that simply opening the system. EXE operation on the system. I managed to hook the drive up to another system and open it in wordpad. There's plenty of crap, but I managed to find the product key successfully. Please re-enable javascript to access full functionality. Community Forum Software by IP. Board Licensed to: Geeks to Go, Inc. Facebook Twitter. Javascript Disabled Detected You currently have javascript disabled. Please log in to reply. Posted 16 March - PM.
Posted 17 March - AM. Posted 09 April - AM. I have encountered this same problem. I used all the restore dates offered with no change. Any other suggestions? TIA, dontpanic. This will rebuild the registry and also replace missing or corrupt system files Boot the PC and keep tapping F8 right after the beep until you get options, select command prompt only, give it a minute to arrive at the prompt with a flashing cursor then type scanreg.
When Windows has loaded, click start, all programmes, accessories, system tools, system information, tools then run system file checker and replace any files it asks for from the 98 CD then reboot.
When it has loaded to the desktop, click start, programmes accessories, system tools to run disc clean up, then run disc defragmenter from system tools. You can try, though it may return bad command You can run the file check in safe mode. File check in safe mode? If verification with the first public key fails, the second is tried, etc. The DD component of the Product ID specifies which of the public keys in this sequence was successfully used to verify the Product Key.
This mechanism might be intended to support several different parties generating valid Product Keys with different individual private keys. However, the different private keys might also represent different versions of a product. A Product Key for the 'professional' release could then be signed with a different key than a Product Key for the 'server' release. The DD component would then represent the product version.
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