You can find your product key in the registry by going to
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion] There will be quite a list, but one of hte entries will be ProductKey. Keith Thompson knightwriter wrote: > > I cannot understand what happened tonight with this PC. Everything was working > yesterday and when I went to use it tonight everything was messed up. I run > win98. > > It almost acted like a v**us but I run Norton latest version and it is > completely up to date for everything, Internet security too. Norton says there > are no v*ruses on it. I just double checked. So how could it be. > > Here is a slight explanation of what happened. The computer has been having a > problem with standby and not shutting down right. So I have had this problem > before and fixed it and everything was fine after that. I did the exact same > thing I have done in the past and uninstalled power management manager and > restarted. > > When it restarted it started in ms DOS mode. The video was wrong, and then > everything went wrong. It lost all devices did not show the CD ROM drive. > Really weird about everything. > > Then the next thing happened. I decided to reinstall win98 and then found out > I have lost the installation number for it. I did have a win98 update also so > finally was able to use it and boot back up. How I can be so stupid to lose > this number when I know not to do this and have always been so careful. This > was the number for the win98 full version of which I had to buy several months > back to format this computer with as it was a new hard drive. > > When win98 finished reinstalling everything and booted back up it seems to be > running pretty decent. I know there is still something going on with it and > will now have to find that. > > I have to ask you guys another time if you can help me. I am never able to > help anyone out in return because I will always be a newbie it looks like. If > you can email me that would be of big help. I believe I have talked with a > Clint and Keith on this board before. So if you have time and feel like it, > email me. I am not sure what to do or what is happening here. Why are > computers such a pain sometimes. > > Sincerely, > Sandy > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Keith Thompson, Worthington, OH Home Web Page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~kthompson/ Genealogy Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kthompson Help Page: http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.com/~kthompson/ People with dogs are too cowardly to bite for themselves. ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
