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by ramsey.liguden

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by captbilly1eye

you need to be able to access the Registry.

If your computer is indeed 'corrupt' and therefore unusable...
and you did not record the original product key elsewhere...
your only chance of getting it is by contacting Microsoft for a replacement.

Either that or purchase a new copy and license.

Time to upgrade to a newer OS.

by oh smeg

Install CD or a Recovery CD from one of the big makers. If you have a M$ Install CD you can ring M$ for a replacement Product Key and they will ask you to quote the numbers off the inner ring of the CD and then e-mail you a Replacement Product in 7 to 10 working days or you can contact the system maker like Dell, HP or the like and give them the model number and Serial Number and they can issue you a new Product Key.

Col

by bcpgm

If you did not format your HD, there are two ways to retrieve the key.

1. run Regedit and serch for ProductKey.

2. open System.dat with notepad or wordpad and search for ProductKey.

by seanferd

Did you show up just to give out that illegal software key? That is strictly against the rules, and highly unethical behaviour. If that is your kind of thing, you'll need to take it elsewhere.

by maniacman

Hello....earth to idiot! Since you're posting a product key, why not publicly post your social security number as well as your bank account information if you're so inclined to post product keys as well. You truly are a sorry individual if this is a reflection of your ethics.

by seanferd

My sincerest apologies. I did not see that the page had moved while i was clicking the link for the post with the cd key in it. (Yes, that key is posted elsewhere on the 'net.)

Then I didn't see the post I had opened behind the warning dialog box. Once I clicked it, ramsey's post became evident as the dialog box closed.

Again, I am terribly sorry. However, I did mean to mark kasey's post as spam.

Feel free to boot me from TR. That was an egregious error. I should have known better to wait and make sure the page had finished loading.

Please do not delete ramsey's post due to my stupid mistake.
Beth.Blakely I hope you see this. I feel like a complete idiot.

by seanferd

product key
hi! could you please help. i lost my windows 98 se product key. would you mind give so that i can re install my corrupt computer here in the office.
thanks
Posted: 07/19/2007 @ 05:22 PM (PDT)

ramsey.liguden@...
Job Role: Other IS/IT or Technology Function
Location: san fernando, Philippines
Member since: 07/20/2007

by rob miners

worry to much about it seanferd. It was only a matter of time before it happened to someone. The amount of times that I have opened the wrong link because the Page Jumps or you have just answered a Question and go back to Questions and there is no update. Yet 3 others have responded. I hope TR gets the bugs sorted sooner than later.

by seanferd

I just was hoping not to offend ramsey, if he is asking an honest question. I am willing to grant benefit of the doubt here. Things get lost or trashed, and in an office, who knows what can happen. Not everyone can afford a newer OS or the machine to run it on. I just hope ramsey doesn't use the pirate key.

Thanks again.

by the scummy one

the question about trying to pirate SW or the question to pirate SW for business use?

"product key
hi! could you please help. i lost my windows 98 se product key. would you mind give so that i can re install my corrupt computer here in the office.
thanks"

Personally, I think that both sides are at fault, but I am not flaming them for now anyway (if the template is being used).
Anyone looking to pirate SW, crack systems, etc. should be open for a kicking!

P.S. -- this thread is pretty old as well.

by maniacman

I'd be curious to to know what other copies of pirated software packages he's got running on his systems.

by seanferd

I will simply assume an honest question, perhaps in not so well adjusted English, for example. Any answer given should be for retrieving said key from the users own HDD. If the OP desires otherwise, OP should be disappointed and go away.

That's just me. If you find, in your judgment, that the situation is otherwise, I shan't argue with you.

Yeah, certain things may sound suspicious, and if the OP were to post back saying either that the key is unrecoverable from the HDD (too bad), or that he or she just wants a key, not a solution, then too effin bad. I'm just going to assume that for anyone for whom my language is not a language they're fluent in (possibly faked or not), that they may be asking a good question in a poor way. Almost any half-a$$ed pirate can find keys or crakz sites.

I have absolutely no sympathy for thieves, so if they are thieves, flame on. Report 'em. Maybe my "benefit of the doubt" has a higher threshold than other folks', but I ain't givin' any pirates aid, either. I just spent several hours reporting forum spam to a slew of websites, giving out any info I had. I have a low tolerance for BS, but unless I know it's BS, I won't treat it as such. Again, I won't argue against you callin' 'em like you see 'em, so flame on. I have a lot of respect for you here on TR. Maybe I'll re-evaluate my interpretations of such posts.
I appreciate the input.

by the scummy one

there was a definite irresponsibility by the original poster. S/he was trying to obtain (for business) a free license. So, if it were not old, I may have made a few remarks.
On PW cracks, I usually tend to see if I think it is a more legit question before sending a post to kill themselves off or destroy their OS.
On cracking questions, I will usually go for the throat right away.

But I have calmed down a bit, ever since the template is made, I decided to not respond to those questions (for the most part) in a bad manner. I think that it is doing some good as well, cause I havent seen 3-4 a week of these.

And no, I was not trying to give you a hard time on it either. And I tend to trust your judgement and intentions as well. You seem to have a level head and good judgement, much 'calmer' than mine these days. I was like that once, but I cannot recall how to get that way again :^0
oh yeah, less caffeine, yep, I think that may have been it!

by seanferd

Yeah, I just noticed the date of the original post. Good God. My whole point was to mark as spam the guy who posted the key, who apparently joined to do such.

Among other things, I don't want to be seen as "spam happy".

Oh, well. Stick a fork in me.

by the scummy one

miss the dates, especially when we are quick to post.

More recently I have been noticing newbies coming back to post on threads over a year old. Now I am often checking dates of the original.
It is really sad when someone wants to post soooo very bad that they search ancient threads to find something to post on :^0 :^0

oh well, some peoples gots more time than I do I guess!

by computercookie

There are probably thousands of people who've thrown out their old computers but still have the disk and licence in the drawer or cupboard.

I understand that sometimes businesses are restricted from upgrading because of proprietory software.

Maybe it is to to review you IT and look for better solutions, if not you should embark the process of creating an inventory of all software and hardware and centralise storage of same.

by seanferd

is that I haven't been posting on here that long. Another is that if I get POed while typing, I just tend to drop the whole thing.

One other reason for my "benefit of th doubt" is that there is a pattern for the answers to similar posts going way back. And sometimes I'm just like that. :)

by seanferd

I just happened to notice the key posted. Thats what set me off. Then I felt like an ijit for my error, whether the results are good or not.

I've just been hanging out in "Questions" all day. I'm sick as a dog and bored as hell. So when I jumped and missed, I was PO'd by my error. So maybe I was way too apologetic.

Thanks for the feedback, Tech Scum 2K.
I appreciate it.

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