CD Key needed before windows 98 loads

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From: ray
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 21:35

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I have recently purchased a 2nd hand pc that initially booted up into
windows98 and then presented  the familiar User and company dialogue
box followed by the windows cd key entry box.......after entering the
required data the machine loaded ok and has never done it since...the
salesman said that this would happen when i bought it so i was ready
for it......windows was fully loaded all the hardware drivers etc were
correclty loaded and i got straight into setting up internet and
applications......
however i am very interested to find out how this boot up procedure is
is achieved....
thanks for any tips

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