Restoring Windows 95 after running product recovery CD

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Bob Johnson - 30 Aug 2003 21:15 GMT

In preparing an older computer to give to my sister I
ran the product recovery CD provided by IBM. Things were
fine until I reached a page relating to the Certificate
of Authenticity. The screen asks for an "OEM" string.
Unfortunately after seven years I cannot locate the
certificate so cannot procede further. Of course IBM
says to talk with Microsoft but I can't figure out how to
reach these folks. I need some help folks. I was hoping
to take the PC to my sister on Tuesday but now it is just
like a car with a dead battery ---worthless!!

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Bill Starbuck - 30 Aug 2003 23:06 GMT

>Of course IBM
>says to talk with Microsoft but I can't figure out how to
>reach these folks.

Well, Microsoft says that technical support for OEM products is
provided by the OEMs. That is, IBM is responsible for supporting what
IBM sold to you.

Microsoft no longer supports Windows 95. You can call Microsoft's
support for Windows 98 at 800-936-5700 at a cost of $35. You can also
buy Windows 95 via the Internet for as little as $5 or $10.

Bill Starbuck (MVP)

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madmax - 31 Aug 2003 03:27 GMT

> In preparing an older computer to give to my sister I
> ran the product recovery CD provided by IBM. Things were
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> to take the PC to my sister on Tuesday but now it is just
> like a car with a dead battery ---worthless!!

here is a quote from earlier:

>>Make one up! the method is that when you add up all the digits in the
>>second field and divide by seven - if the remainder is zero you have a
>>valid key
>>The intelligence of Micro$not leaves not rocks unturned.

As an eaxample

17177-oem-1616167-16167

The number after oem has to be divisible by seven after addingup all
digits.
1+6+1+6+1+6+7 = 28 which is 4*7 !!

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