I thought i was cleaning out programs that added theirselves to our desk TOP...in the add/remove programs section...one item called 'sidebar' i removed it and EVERYTHING went with it...now i cant LOG back on because it wants our windows 98 id number!!!!  We cant find that ANYMORE!!!  Is there anything  I can do...like resetting the computer back a day before i did this???OMG please help!!!  my kids need it for school work!  thank you in advance.Deb:

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Docafter i turn the puter back on ...it goes into windows 98 setup wizard....after i click on agree then goes to asking for windows 98 product key # that supposedly came with the computer....as i said...i no LONGER have this!!!  ACK im going to slap myself silly for just pushing buttons!If you have a '98 bootdisk or can get to the C:\> prompt what do you see when you type - DIR /p - ?On a Win98 machine, you can do a scanreg/restore I believeDid you ever notice how many people do not have or have lost their Win98 install media or license keys or BOTH?to login to windows.....click the ok button...... Quote

Did you ever notice how many people do not have or have lost their Win98 install media or license keys or BOTH?