Kelsenellenelvian Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 OK I know it can be done because I had a disk that never asked for my 98 serial. (lost it due to damage)My question is this:How do I add the win98 serial to the disk so it does not ask for it during setup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 ProductKey= entry in msbatch.inf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erpdude8 Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 OK I know it can be done because I had a disk that never asked for my 98 serial. (lost it due to damage)My question is this:How do I add the win98 serial to the disk so it does not ask for it during setup?what version of Win98 are you installing, Kelsenellenelvian? Win98 FE (4.10.1998) or Win98 SE (4.10.2222).note that Win98 OEM serial nos. are not compatible for "retail" editions of Win98 and vice-versa.OEM editions of Win98 FE/SE use a slightly different install sequence than the retail editions of Win98 FE/SE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDGx Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Whenever you want to setup Win98/98SE/ME, just run:SETUP MSBATCH.INF /ID /IE /IM /IQ /IS /IW /NMYou can add line above into a dedicated batch file, for convenience.Notice that SETUP.EXE file name depends on the Win9x OS edition [Full, Upgrade, Updates, OEM, MSDN etc].It can also be OEMSETUP.EXE, DOSSETUP.EXE etc.DOSSETUP allows [depending on the 9x OS edition it is run from] to setup from native MS-DOS.Explanation of all SETUP switches [official + unofficial]:http://www.mdgx.com/last2.htm#SETUPSWHope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted August 22, 2006 Author Share Posted August 22, 2006 Hey thanks guys I got it now. The version is 98se OEM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erpdude8 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 (edited) Whenever you want to setup Win98/98SE/ME, just run:SETUP MSBATCH.INF /ID /IE /IM /IQ /IS /IW /NMYou can add line above into a dedicated batch file, for convenience.Notice that SETUP.EXE file name depends on the Win9x OS edition [Full, Upgrade, Updates, OEM, MSDN etc].It can also be OEMSETUP.EXE, DOSSETUP.EXE etc.DOSSETUP allows [depending on the 9x OS edition it is run from] to setup from native MS-DOS.Explanation of all SETUP switches [official + unofficial]:http://www.mdgx.com/last2.htm#SETUPSWHope this helps.note MDGx that you have to create your own MSBATCH.INF file. Normally that file does not exist when performing Win98fe/se/ME setup. some OEMs do provide an MSBATCH.INF file on their machines but not others.I believe MS Batch 98 can be used to create an MSBATCH.INF file for Win98 setup. See MS article 214727 on how to do this:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/214727/en-usAlso see MS article 263281 on an issue when entering an OEM Product Key when running MSBATCH.INF setup:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263281/en-usand look at MS article 182747 on an issue when Win98 setup prompts you to enter TimeZone info:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/182747/en-us Edited August 23, 2006 by erpdude8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erpdude8 Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 ProductKey= entry in msbatch.infin what section of the MSBATCH.INF file does the ProductKey line have to be entered? be more specific, LLXXBTW - the MS Batch 98 tool used to create the MSBATCH.INF file is located on the \Tools\Reskit\Batch\ folder of the Win98 SE CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petr Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 ProductKey= entry in msbatch.infin what section of the MSBATCH.INF file does the ProductKey line have to be entered? be more specific, LLXXThis is the original MSBATCH.INF from MSDN CD-ROM (key Xed):; MSBATCH.INF;; Copyright (c) 1995-1999 Microsoft Corporation.; All rights reserved.;[BatchSetup]Version=3.0 (32-bit)SaveDate=04/23/99[Version]Signature = "$CHICAGO$"[Setup]ProductKey="XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX"Petr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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