Windows licenses

Go into Control Panel, System and look at the General tab under the "Registered to" section. It should have the license number listed there. If you got Windows with the machine (as opposed to buying Windows and installing it on your own), there will probably be "OEM" somewhere in the license number.

What you want is called the CD Key.

Cut and paste these links for helpful information on retrieving that lost CD Key.

(REMOVE SPACES from the pasted URLs.)

http://www.windows-help.net/windows95/troub-27.shtml

http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBD/tip1900/rh1911.htm
http://www.zdnet.com/pccomp/features/excl1097/6tha/up3.html

http://www.mirider.com/ntaccess.html

http://is-it-true.org/nt/atips/atips15.shtml

Best of luck and have a GREAT 2002!

Maxwell

Maxwell is correct, you are looking for the product key.

For Windows 95 OEM versions, this is the same as the registration number.

For Windows 98 and later, the key varies at least by the CD revision, and possibly from CD to CD.

Hi

Finding the CD (Product) Key from DOS

If you can't boot into Windows at all, then you can boot with a Startup Disk (CD support is not required) or into Command Mode Only and type the following command:

For 95:

C:\Windows\Command\Find /I "ProductId" c:\windows\system.dat

For 98/Me:

C:\Windows\Command\Find /I "ProductKey" C:\Windows\System.dat"

The first line of the screen dump will look like this:

ProductKeyXXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX where the X's are your actual CDKey
or
Start the Registry Editor
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion
Look at ProductID. you will find your CD key.Your Windows 95 CD-Key is also displayed on the General tab on System Properties (Control Panel > System).

Good luck

mohamed

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