Different type of question for this group...

[ohj at world.std.com (Oliver Jackson)]

I thought that the disk keys were just an enabling code that had the same CRC or
such
as the underlying product code.  If this is true, you should be able to use most
any code
that comes with a WIN98 disk to load any other (on a clean install).  I know
that when I bought a laptop with W95 installed, I had to send away for a W95
disk.  It would load under its own code or under the code of the shipped OS.  It
would  take only the shipped OS code until I had to reformat the HDD, indicating
that the shipped OS had residual data that had to match the disk key typed in.

"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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