I've just downloaded a copy of Windows 98SE from the Internet and I'm in the
middle of Windows 98SE Setup where you have to enter a Product key. Are
there any websites where I can find a Windows 98SE Product Key?

On Aug 11, 8:02 pm, "Eric Ng"
<sjdw...@sudgbvfreckji.geryfghpeiw8o6efp> wrote:
You downloaded it from where?

In article <#s1pNQH3HHA.464@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, "Eric Ng"
<sjdwetc@sudgbvfreckji.geryfghpeiw8o6efp> wrote:
Microsoft doesn't make any version of Windows available for free
downloading. I recommend that you report the site where you found
Windows 98SE to piracy@microsoft.com

There's no legitimate site for downloading a product key for any
version of Windows.
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On Aug 12, 3:52 am, "Steve Winograd [MVP]" <bc0705...@comcast.net>
wrote:
Doesn't look like he was going to bite.

tek wrote:
a real good plan. Maybe it would be a good time to go to W2k at least.

James

On Aug 14, 1:33 am, James <J...@9b01.com> wrote:
Indeed that seems to have been his plan. I just bought the Windows
98SE (Upgrade) CD off of Amazon for $45 plus shipping to replace my
original CD that I some how damaged. No big deal. I have to believe
the guy can afford to shell out $50. And then, maybe not. My lord how
cheap and lame have we become. Must everything be free in life?
Government education run at its best.

Eric Ng wrote:

Yes, there are.

http://www.angelfire.com/weird2/hyak...ft_serialz.pdf

http://www.psico.univ.trieste.it/pub...8_serials.html

http://lolekserwer.friko.pl/LOLEK/NS/SN.txt

For product keys for other MS products, do individual google searches
for these:

DDTPV
KRJQ8
F3VWH
M4676
BW6BT
TQWT9
K2WR7

tek wrote:
Mdl I/III/IV back around 1980 and distributed it in some of the club
meetings with the only request that if the user liked the program please
send $2 to my POBox. Various notices were placed in the code with test
code to replace and notices changed or deleted. I never received a dime
but when attending a meeting in one of the local colleges I found a copy
that someone had taken the time to dig out all the replicating code and
was offering free to anyone who wanted it. Since the tests were
fragmented in many locations I know someone spent a lot of time trying
to dig them all out. Attitudes haven't changed just the technology.
His type will be with us forever ... sigh.

James

tek wrote:

If Macro$haft doesn't have the good sense to allow people to buy their
friggin products then they lose nothing when someone asks for a
product key for win-98. Buying a product key on e-bay means nothing.
It's no more legit than finding one on the net. Read the EULA.
According to the EULA for win-98, you must transfer the hardware along
with the original CD and product-key sticker for the transfer of the
license to be legit.

"Eric Ng" wrote:

tiffany wrote:

(nothing)

?

Of course there is but no-one on a MS newsgroup is likely to help you find
it.

"tiffany" <tiffany@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:61BF897B-C14D-4221-AE0D-862DFAC4C78B@microsoft.com...

Now with the program being 8 years old I wouldn't know why not, just think
of the discarded programs in that time, there should be lots of keys
available now, they have been paid for and all you protect is ten year old
technology, that will never some back again. I suggest to do a google search
and see how far you can get.
I think it's great that someone gets to know the wonder world of Win98SE
where you can actually install something, instead of giving all rights to
Windows Vista and hope that it is done in a way you would approve of.
[rant]Not everyone is happy with the constant control of Billy and his gang
and the complexity of the computers nowadays or should I call them
entertainment centres.[\rant]
Sorry guys, but I just discovered that all my games are played back to the
Ubisoft server, without me knowing it! You gotta love Vista!


"pjp" <pjpoirier_is_located_at_@_hotmail_._com> wrote in message
news:OCh%23iDTKIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

On August 11, 2007, "Eric Ng" wrote:

On August 12, Steve Winograd incorrectly stated:

Several others then stated that it was unlikely that anyone would post
a useful answer.

But on August 15, I posted this:

The above links are still functional.

Three months after the original post, someone called "tiffany"
mysteriously reposted the original Eric Ng message without adding any
new content.

Then, "pjp" responded to the "tiffany" post by falsely stating:

Well, pjp, not only did I post an answer back in August (4 days after
Eric asked his question), and not only have I reposted my answer here,
I will post some keys right here, right now:

F73HC-XYXR3-R34GV-B4F9M-XWTR8
P8M8D-X9F2M-37GPT-MKTMV-VVX8T
VTXBY-99K94-9C6CW-Q2FR4-8Q4VQ
BCM7H-BH7XW-JQC9R-Y3GDB-26B93
KXX9H-QVH8V-RP4VR-2XQ9X-VW2JH

So pjp, you might want to think the next time you stick your foot in
your mouth and post a response to a 3-month-old usenet post.

98 Guy wrote:
[]
What's incorrect about that statement?
[]

[Pah, children: any UMRAt will tell you I'm up to posting replies to
two-year-old posts at the moment ... (-:]
--
J. P. Gilliver | Tel.: 01634 203298

you can have mine. i am trying to reinstall windows 98se with the right
product key but it won't work anymore

try dxqhk xvw6q jcrr6 hfbwy c77k9



"Eric Ng" wrote:

DISCLAIMER: THE FOLLOWING IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. DO NOT DO THIS. IT IS ILLEGAL IN THE UNITED STATES. IT
VIOLATES THE MICROSOFT LICENSE AGREEMENT THAT YOU AGREE TO WHEN YOU INSTALL WINDOWS98. THIS INFORMATION WAS SENT TO ME ANONYMOUSLY.
I DO NOT KNOW IF IT ACTUALLY DOES WHAT IT PURPORTS TO DO. I DO NOT WANT TO FIND OUT. DO NOT DO IT.

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ANONYMOUS writes:

"To bypass the product key on Windows 98, do the following:

copy the entire Win98 directory from the CD to a directory on the hard drive

extract precopy1.cab pidgen.dll <enter>
debug pidgen.dll <enter>
-e 1ed7 <enter>
xxxx:1ED7 39. 8b <enter>
-e 1edf <enter>
xxxx:1EDF 39. 8b <enter>
-w <enter>
-q <enter>

For those with a hex editor, patch offset 1dd7h and 1ddfh from bytecode 39h to bytecode 8bh. Debug works fine (file is <64k so no
segment adjustments are necessary) for patching small files like this one.

run SETUP and type in ANYTHING for the serial number. The only exception is all zeros; that's apparently a backdoor that was
shutdown before pidgen.dll was released.

Win98 will use the modified pidgen.dll file instead of the unmodified one stored inside of precopy1.cab archive.

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Another anonymous reader writes:

"I read and tested your procedure for installing WIN 98 without a product key ( "debug pidgen.dll ..." ) and can tell you that it
works even after you have installed WIN 98 from the CD. When you get to the screen that asks you for the key, click on "Cancel",
this will shut down Windows. Reboot in DOS mode ( I used the startup disk created earlier ) Go into the \WINDOWS directory and do
the Debug routine to edit pidgen.dll . When done, reboot the machine. You will be brought back to the screen that asks for your name
and company name. Enter the data. Next is the license agreement screen; after you accept, you will be back at the product key
screen. This time, it will accept any key as mentioned in you FAQ, and the installation will complete."