Windows 98SE Product Keys

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:
> 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?

You downloaded it from where?

In article <#s1pNQH3HHA.464@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, "Eric Ng"
<sjdwetc@sudgbvfreckji.geryfghpeiw8o6efp> wrote:
>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?

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.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm

On Aug 12, 3:52 am, "Steve Winograd [MVP]" <bc0705...@comcast.net>
wrote:
> In article <#s1pNQH3HHA....@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, "Eric Ng"
>
> <sjdw...@sudgbvfreckji.geryfghpeiw8o6efp> wrote:
> >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?
>
> 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 pir...@microsoft.com
>
> There's no legitimate site for downloading a product key for any
> version of Windows.
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
> for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networkinghttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> Steve Winograd's Networking FAQhttp://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm

Doesn't look like he was going to bite.

tek wrote:
> On Aug 12, 3:52 am, "Steve Winograd [MVP]" <bc0705...@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>> In article <#s1pNQH3HHA....@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, "Eric Ng"
>>
>> <sjdw...@sudgbvfreckji.geryfghpeiw8o6efp> wrote:
>>> 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?
>> 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 pir...@microsoft.com
>>
>> There's no legitimate site for downloading a product key for any
>> version of Windows.
>> --
>> Best Wishes,
>> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>>
>> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
>> for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
>> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>>
>> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networkinghttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>>
>> Steve Winograd's Networking FAQhttp://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm
>
> Doesn't look like he was going to bite.
>
And he thought, maybe, he would get some help in pirating here???? Not
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:
> tek wrote:
> > On Aug 12, 3:52 am, "Steve Winograd [MVP]" <bc0705...@comcast.net>
> > wrote:
> >> In article <#s1pNQH3HHA....@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, "Eric Ng"
>
> >> <sjdw...@sudgbvfreckji.geryfghpeiw8o6efp> wrote:
> >>> 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?
> >> 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 pir...@microsoft.com
>
> >> There's no legitimate site for downloading a product key for any
> >> version of Windows.
> >> --
> >> Best Wishes,
> >> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
> >> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
> >> for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
> >> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
> >> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networkinghttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> >> Steve Winograd's Networking FAQhttp://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm
>
> > Doesn't look like he was going to bite.
>
> And he thought, maybe, he would get some help in pirating here???? Not
> a real good plan. Maybe it would be a good time to go to W2k at least.
>
> James- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

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:

> 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?

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:
> On Aug 14, 1:33 am, James <J...@9b01.com> wrote:
>> tek wrote:
>>> On Aug 12, 3:52 am, "Steve Winograd [MVP]" <bc0705...@comcast.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>> In article <#s1pNQH3HHA....@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, "Eric Ng"
>>>> <sjdw...@sudgbvfreckji.geryfghpeiw8o6efp> wrote:
>>>>> 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?
>>>> 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 pir...@microsoft.com
>>>> There's no legitimate site for downloading a product key for any
>>>> version of Windows.
>>>> --
>>>> Best Wishes,
>>>> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>>>> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
>>>> for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
>>>> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>>>> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networkinghttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>>>> Steve Winograd's Networking FAQhttp://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm
>>> Doesn't look like he was going to bite.
>> And he thought, maybe, he would get some help in pirating here???? Not
>> a real good plan. Maybe it would be a good time to go to W2k at least.
>>
>> James- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> 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.
>
>
>
Become? I wrote a small disk directory indexing program for the TRS80
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:

> 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?

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:

> 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?
>
>

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...
>
>
> "Eric Ng" wrote:
>
> > 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?
> >
> >

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...
> 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...
>>
>>
>> "Eric Ng" wrote:
>>
>> > 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 August 11, 2007, "Eric Ng" wrote:

> 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 August 12, Steve Winograd incorrectly stated:

> There's no legitimate site for downloading a product key for any
> version of Windows.

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

But on August 15, I posted this:

> 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

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:

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

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:
[]
> On August 12, Steve Winograd incorrectly stated:
>
>> There's no legitimate site for downloading a product key for any
>> version of Windows.

What's incorrect about that statement?
[]
> 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.


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