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Re: Fail to fill in Win98 Product key WHY

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From: Ronald Jones
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 00:00
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In article <W3FELBAR17D3Ewt6@rowlands-rise.demon.co.uk>, Paul S Bulley
<paul@rowlands-rise.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <ZVmeCLAz5PD3Ewvz@ronjones.demon.co.uk>, Ronald Jones
><ronjones@ronjones.demon.co.uk> writes
>>I have just acquired a new Compaq Presario 2292 and cant fill in the
>>Product key to get started.
>>The reason why I cant type in the 25 digit  CODE from the Cert OF
>>AUTHORITY is because I cant type the letter" b " No way can I type other
>>than a capital B.   in the product key wizard even though I can type b
>>in the user information wizard.
>>Help required please .
>As far as I remember, all the characters in the code are in printed in
>upper case using a weird font. Also, I think Setup will input upper case
>regardless of whether you type in upper of lower case. The character to
>which you refer isn't a 'six' in that weird font by any chance?

Thanks for responding. You are correct in that its the weird font
"computer print" that was the problem .Contacting COMPAQ I was told that
it does not matter re capitals as it will accept them. The b WAS a 6 and
one of the B's was an 8. 
It was frustrating in the extreme to fall at the first hurdle.
-- 
Ronald Jones
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From: Ronald Jones <ronjones@ronjones.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Fail to fill in Win98 Product key WHY
Date: 1999/04/11
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