Lost Product Key for Windows 98 Upgrade Disk

swinfour · 04-23-2005, 08:43 AM

I had my product key for my windows 98 upgrade disk laying on my kitchen table & I fear my husband picked it up & burnt it in the trash yesterday. I need to rerun that setup because I have an error & it told me to reinstall my windows. I need a key. Can anyone help me out. It is just basically used for my kids to surf the net.....

thanks

wendy

swinfour · 04-23-2005, 08:51 AM

I would greatly appreciated that.. I'm new to this site so please tell me if I need to give you information so we can message privately like u said. Sorry!!! New to this..

wendy

**Sarkast** · 04-23-2005, 09:01 AM

Is this a legal way i can read about somewhere in a MS knowledgebase ?

Geekgirl · 04-23-2005, 09:03 AM

The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a freeware utility that retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to install windows from your registry. It has the options to copy the key to clipboard, save it to a text file, or print it for safekeeping. It works on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Office 97, and Office XP. This version is a quick update to make it work with Windows Server 2003.

Volt-Schwibe · 04-23-2005, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geekgirl

The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a freeware utility that retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to install windows from your registry. It has the options to copy the key to clipboard, save it to a text file, or print it for safekeeping. It works on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Office 97, and Office XP. This version is a quick update to make it work with Windows Server 2003.

and there you have it, boot that thing up in safe mode, and jellybean it.

and due to the code of ethics here at TechSupportForum, that's the best answer we can give you.

04-23-2005, 08:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
swinfour Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 17 OS: Windows 98 Upgrade	Lost Product Key for Windows 98 Upgrade Disk I had my product key for my windows 98 upgrade disk laying on my kitchen table & I fear my husband picked it up & burnt it in the trash yesterday. I need to rerun that setup because I have an error & it told me to reinstall my windows. I need a key. Can anyone help me out. It is just basically used for my kids to surf the net..... thanks wendy

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swinfour Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 17 OS: Windows 98 Upgrade	Lost Product Key for windows 98 upgrade disk I would greatly appreciated that.. I'm new to this site so please tell me if I need to give you information so we can message privately like u said. Sorry!!! New to this.. wendy

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