Thanks Ben. Exactly, it has to do with licensing but it's a bit more involved than that. I usually install a Windows OS on a customer's PC from a CD I already have on the *test run* to be sure everything works together as it should flawlessly, and I can do this to save time before waiting on a new CD. Since (I hate to say) I'm a perfectionist, I call these "test runs" or a dry run because if the first sign of the tiniest "anomalies" occur, I reformat to see if it happens again. I save time this way by ironing out any possible issues early, and by then the customer has either sent me their own OS CD to install if they already have it or of they recently bought it, or I've received the new OS CD from my supplier if it's an OS upgrade for the customer then I can reformat and install using the new CD or Product key. In this particular case, the first OS install was perfect, and there was no sense in reformatting just to use the new Product ID code. The customer for whatever reason wasn't going to send their CD to use on the install, and instead wanted a new Product ID # license since they already had the OS CD. To save time I wasn't going to wait around for the new ID before I could install Windows, so I needed to change it after the fact. -Clint
Merry Christmas to all & God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ) http://ComputersCustomBuilt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Moore" That was a kinder gentler world, Clint, when we had Windows 98. As far as I remember there were two numbers in the registry. One was the product key that came on the cd. The other was unique identifier that was assigned at install. I believe that the only thing the cd key was used for was to validate the install. After that it didn't mean anything. It's right there in the registry for all to see. So I think that it really is as simple as that. You should be able to just change it but I don't see any reason to. Even if you are doing license compliance stuff you don't have to show that you used each product key for each individual installation. Merry Christmas Ben Moore -----Original Message----- Support-OrpheusComputing.com Does anyone remember how to change the Win98/SE Product ID installation number AFTER an install? A customer asked me this the other day, and I told them, but I can't find the info now! I searched online for it and now can't find the info. I found the current # in the registry but it can't be as simple as only changing that...or is it? The info I found on this the other day I think involved a program that did it. Thanks, -Clint ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
