(WAY!) Off-topic

[Craig White]

continuing top posting...

No the CD is just a CD  and imparts nothing of legal usage - the EULA
specifically makes mention of the 'certificate of authenticity' not the
CD and the certificate of authenticity is where the install codes should
be. Just trying to point out what apparently is an attempt to justify
what you are doing nor does their familiarity with 'that era' or whether
they have the $$ justify it. If the system were purchased from a normal
vendor, the install codes for that machine would be on the certificate
affixed to the computer itself.

Craig

On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 19:09 -0700, Mark Jarvis wrote:
> Well, the CD is not illegal--it's a real MS CD--it's just crippled 
> because it lost its little piece of paper with the Product Code on it. I 
> simply wanted a way to make a legal copy run. In addition, until the HD 
> died, the machine had a legal copy of Win98 on it. There are lots of 
> Registry hacks for getting the Product Code out of a RUNNING machine, 
> but I haven't found one that works well with a dead HD. The person 
> involved is used to that era Windows & doesn't have $$ for a legal copy 
> of XP--which I agree would be MUCH better.
> 
> The OO reference was a joking attempt to pretend to make a Win post to a 
> Linux list "legal".
> 
> -mj-
> 
> Craig White wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 17:48 -0700, Mark Jarvis wrote:
> > 
> >>To make a long story short, I need to install Win98 on a newly formatted 
> >>disk in a friend's machine. I have a Win98 CD, but the paper with the 
> >>the Product Code is long gone.
> >>
> >>1) Does anyone know of a program to extract the Product code from the CD?
> >>	-or-
> >>2) Want to suggest a better forum for asking this question? (I don't 
> >>know the Windoze forums & mailists.)
> >>	-or-
> >>3) From what I've found on the 'Net, there are generic codes out there 
> >>that will work. Also, one person said that he got a list of codes from a 
> >>friend and got a hit on the 9th one. (I've tried 3 so far--struck out.) 
> >>If someone has one or some I can try, I'd appreciate getting them.
> >>
> >>Although I don't dare expose this person to Linux, I WILL be installing 
> >>Open Office 2--not a complete loss.
> >>
> >>Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions,
> > 
> > ----
> > There is no way to legally install using that CD since what is legally
> > required is the genuine Microsoft Windows certificate which accompanied
> > the CD - which would have the installation code.
> > 
> > Moreover, since Windows 98 is a 'dead os' - you aren't doing this person
> > a favor by installing it. If they wish to run Windows, they should be
> > purchasing WinXP - it runs much better and has life beyond yesterday.
> > There's no reason to encourage someone to run an illegal copy of Windows
> > when you can run Linux for free legally. Tossing in a free Oo doesn't
> > make it less than a complete loss.
> > 
> > Craig
> > 
> > 
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