Two OEM WIN98SE Discs but have lost one of the keys

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Q: CAN I USE THE SAME KEY FOR BOTH DISCS
Q: HOW CAN I RECOVER THE LOST KEY FROM THE DISCS PRECOPY1.CAB/PIDGEN.DLL USING DOS 6.22
 
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Darkbreeze
You can only use one license per machine. But the license from either disk should work for any single installation. If you need to install on more than one machine, you'll need to purchase a second license/disk or other installation media. Due to strict policy regarding pirating and bypassing licensing security, not other help of the type you're looking for can be offered at Tom's. Sorry. I'm unaware of any common means anyhow, of locating the key on disk. I believe they use a specific algorithm to arrive at initial verification rather than an actual hard copy of any license key on the disk itself. Otherwise, any idiot could gain access to that key and make a billion duplicates of the disk which would all verify, at least offline.

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You can only use one license per machine. But the license from either disk should work for any single installation. If you need to install on more than one machine, you'll need to purchase a second license/disk or other installation media. Due to strict policy regarding pirating and bypassing licensing security, not other help of the type you're looking for can be offered at Tom's. Sorry. I'm unaware of any common means anyhow, of locating the key on disk. I believe they use a specific algorithm to arrive at initial verification rather than an actual hard copy of any license key on the disk itself. Otherwise, any idiot could gain access to that key and make a billion duplicates of the disk which would all verify, at least offline.

So, if you can no longer see the original key, you're stuck with one license.
 
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