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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: George Miller on August 08, 2005, 08:18:21 PM

Title: Product key queston
Post by: George Miller on August 08, 2005, 08:18:21 PM

Am i able to use the 16 digit product key codes on more than one computer cuz i have to computer i need to fix?

Title: Re: Product key queston
Post by: dl65 on August 08, 2005, 09:19:37 PM

George Miller.......Hummmmm a 16 digit product code ......are you sure it's not a 25 digit code ?   Is this for a operating system or what .........?

let us know

dl65  ::)

Title: Re: Product key queston
Post by: George Miller on August 08, 2005, 10:17:02 PM

thats wut i thought until i went to a reinstall windows site and seen this.....

Now input your product key or certificate authenticity code. This is 16 digits and is located on the back of your CD case or on the Windows 98 Book. If you have an OEM computer then it could be on the side or back of your computer. Click next to continue.
i have a Windows 98 SE OEM that has never been registered or activated yet

Title: Re: Product key queston
Post by: George Miller on August 08, 2005, 11:07:40 PM

i got it from a friends or do i need to go out and buy a different  98 se full install disc?

Title: Re: Product key queston
Post by: Flame on August 08, 2005, 11:10:56 PM

You got the CD from a friend? In that case it may be the security device stopping you... The security device recognizes the specs of the computer it installed on.. If major changes take place (change of motherboard, etc.) then it prevents installation for that CD key... Unless you can call Microsoft... Could this be the problem?

[glb]Flame[/glb]

Title: Re: Product key queston
Post by: 2k dummy on August 09, 2005, 03:44:42 AM

If it is an original 98se disk, you can. If the disk was used to install on your working computer, you can access the product key by going to a DOS prompt and entering the following:

FIND.EXE/I "ProductKey" %winbootdir%\SYSTEM.DAT

Enter the command exactly as shown.

Title: Re: Product key queston
Post by: Geroge Miller on August 09, 2005, 10:44:04 AM

if i get a different 98 se full version can i just reinstall it over the windows already on the  computer to fix it ?

Title: Re: Product key queston
Post by: Raptor on August 09, 2005, 10:58:37 AM

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if i get a different 98 se full version can i just reinstall it over the windows already on the  computer to fix it ?

Overwriting Windows will rarely fix anything.

Title: Re: Product key queston
Post by: George Miller on August 09, 2005, 12:33:29 PM

how am i suppose to fix the vdx files and it going slow and not anything working?

Title: Re: Product key queston
Post by: Raptor on August 09, 2005, 12:58:14 PM

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how am i suppose to fix the vdx files and it going slow and not anything working?

How to erase my Hard Disk Drive and start over (http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000186.htm)