Try this Sunday, September 28, 2003 at 5:39 pm Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Jerry (901 messages posted) See if you can retrieve your C-of-A number using this method: If you CAN'T get Windows started, you can extract the C-of-A from the SYSTEM.1ST file using DOS. At the DOS prompt, type "EDIT  C:\SYSTEM.1ST", and press ENTER. Use SEARCH to find "-OEM-" or "PRODUCTID". There's your C-of-A. (I stole this absolutely brilliant DOS tip from Gerry Kroll.) Jerry Written in response to: Desktop Error (Jacob: Sunday, September 28, 2003 at 9:54 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Desktop Error (Jacob: Sun, Sep 28, 2003, 9:54 am) Try this (Jerry: Sun, Sep 28, 2003, 5:39 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 95 Discussion Forum