Askimet issues

I downloaded WP to my server…changed the automatically generated PW after the dust settled….am currently trying to win the Askimet war….searched the forums for help…there is no API key # in the upper right corner on my Profile page…in my attempts to “find” the API key have read through all WP files on my server that have “option” in the title, in addition to reading through all visible files through the browser…all to no avail. That exercise alone has eaten up almost four hours. In an earlier post, someone said it was located in the Options table. I have looked at all documents that have the word “option(s)” in the title and am still empty-handed. I have pulled several all-nighters trying to get a site up on a tight deadline…am sitting here at 4am motivated to work on the new WP site….and I’ll be darned if I hit this kind of roadblock. Unbelievable.

Would someone PLEASE respond in PLAIN language to my question: Where is the API key located in the files? Where else can I look? Incredibly frustrated, J (pentoracommunications ATTT yoohoo)