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Windows Forum / Windows 95 / May 2004Windows 95 OEM Registration Number
I have an old Compaq P2200 computer for my son running windows 95. I used a restore disc to clear out the system and when the computer booted back up it asks for a registration number like xxx-oem-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx. Compaq and Microsoft no longer support this program. Where can I get an OEM # so I can get my kids computer working again? Thanks Should be on the "Certificate of Authenticity" that came with Win95. Mine was attached to the small Win95 "manual" that came with the machine. Also displayed on the "System Properties" window but that won't help much now. > I have an old Compaq P2200 computer for my son running > windows 95. I used a restore disc to clear out the system [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Thanks > I have an old Compaq P2200 computer for my son running > windows 95. I used a restore disc to clear out the system > and when the computer booted back up it asks for a > registration number like xxx-oem-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx. Compaq > and Microsoft no longer support this program. Where can I > get an OEM # so I can get my kids computer working again? Use one of these, they should work if it is WIN95 OSR2. 10597-OEM-0021407-56804 30397-OEM-0026382-89293 12697-OEM-0022316-53361 It is because of people like you giving out product numbers so freely and sharing so freely that we now have product activation to deal with. Thanks, loads. > > I have an old Compaq P2200 computer for my son running > > windows 95. I used a restore disc to clear out the system [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > 30397-OEM-0026382-89293 > 12697-OEM-0022316-53361 Mouseyface You raise an interesting point. I also am looking for a "certificate of authenticity" number so that I can re-install Windows 95 on a friend's computer. When I attempted to re-install without the number, I was prompted onscreen to call 1-800-RU-LEGIT. After waiting for about 5 minutes and navigating the voicemail, I was referred to another number, which asked for a 4-digit code, which I do not have. So I took Bill Starbuck's advice and called 1-800-Microsoft. They in turn passed me off to yet another number, a (425) area code number. Well, after waiting another 10 minutes on hold I had to go to work. I won't even tell you number of emails we sent without receiving anything more than the automated "We received your email" response My point is this: My friend bought her computer and paid for Windows 95. Like many people, she lost something. Should it be this difficult to find out her certificate number? Personally, I don't think so. So I'll take sc57's numbers and say thanks very much to sc57 for helping my friend get her computer running again. While I understand licensing issues, it's things like this that make people critical of Microsoft and question their business practices. MS no longer supports Windows 95. And if it came with her computer it was probably OEM and MS never supported OEM OS's. Only the computer manufacturer supported these and she should call them. You, too, make it hard for the rest of us with this attitude. Because people don't put their registrations numbers in a safe place or record them in a special notebook, they think you can "get a free number" online. Many of these numbers are stolen or fake and many of these people requesting them have copied or pirated software. I am not taking up for MS but for all of us out there who, now, have to activate software. The activation wasn't to protect MS from pirates but from ordinary folks who "give" copies to friends and neighbors. As for your friend, she can get a copy of Win95 on ebay with a legitimate number for around $15.00. I am sorry she lost her number but tell her write them in a little book, like some of us do out here. Also, it is printed on the little book that came with W95, the certificate of authenticity label on the front. It would be better if she purchased W98SE. This is just the way that I feel. I lose things, too, but not something like this. I am fussing because of the annoyance that this practice has caused. > Mouseyface, > > You raise an interesting point. I also am looking for a "certificate of authenticity" number so that I can re-install Windows 95 on a friend's computer. When I attempted to re-install without the number, I was prompted onscreen to call 1-800-RU-LEGIT. After waiting for about 5 minutes and navigating the voicemail, I was referred to another number, which asked for a 4-digit code, which I do not have. So I took Bill Starbuck's advice and called 1-800-Microsoft. They in turn passed me off to yet another number, a (425) area code number. Well, after waiting another 10 minutes on hold I had to go to work. I won't even tell you number of emails we sent without receiving anything more than the automated "We received your email" response. > My point is this: My friend bought her computer and paid for Windows 95. Like many people, she lost something. Should it be this difficult to find out her certificate number? Personally, I don't think so. So I'll take sc57's numbers and say thanks very much to sc57 for helping my friend get her computer running again. While I understand licensing issues, it's things like this that make people critical of Microsoft and question their business practices. |
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