Different type of question for this group...

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

I found the license code somewhere in the Windows directory for a 
system I installed, but misplaced the key. Actually, the MSDN copies 
load the key automatically unless you try to install it under Win4Lin. 
On 27 Feb 2001, at 9:02, Kevin M. Gleason wrote:

> Considering the result from the question that Jerry asked at the last
> meeting, perhaps this is not so strange a question to put before the BLU
> organization (ie., that many in group are using Windows more than we
> like to think...at least for now).
> 
> A friend at the college owns an Emachine that has become
> corrupted...needs to reload Windows98 2nd Ed. but cannot find the CD
> case (and therefore cannot find the label that tells her the license #
> for the product). Microsoft uses that code to create its own code
> somewhat encripting the original (or so I think). Is there a way of
> reversing the license code so she can discover the original number
> (which she is licensed to own and use)?
> 
> Kevin
> 
> PS If this isn't a reason that Microsoft should be broken up what is?
> (Corrupting your own licensing information so you can't re-install.)
> 
> 
> 
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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Associate Director
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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