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by ryasth

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Somewhere in the registry of Windows is where all the registration codes are kept with programs you load into a computer. I am having problems trying to find these codes on my system. I contracted a virus and need to debug and reinstall my O/S's I am running Win98 and Win2000. Some of the programs I installed I have lost some of my sleeves that had my registration codes on them. Can someone point me in the direction as to find these?

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by awdfg

Look in the Registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/MICROSOFT.

This is where windows keeps all the info about installed products.

by ryasth

Thank you for the info. Actually I have already been in that part of the registry and it didn't have all the info I needed. I will keep searching through the registry for the product codes. Thanks again.

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