http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10040
Anastasius Focht focht@gmx.net changed:
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--- Comment #4 from Anastasius Focht focht@gmx.net 2007-11-11 06:42:19 --- Hello,
--- quote --- In either case, this can't be something hard-coded in wine.inf for example. This _have to be_ randomly generated during the creation of the WINEPREFIX. The simplest solution would be use of "uuidgen" program (see Steam's HOWTO on appDB). --- quote ---
Hard coded wouldn't be a good idea, yes. In steam this key is used (among other registry keys) to encrypt certain data on the client computer, for instance your steam password. The generated data is stored in ClientRegistry.blob
Anyway this key is very important and should be present in wine. There are several other appliances from microsoft (and 3rd party ones) which use this key (as seed) to compute information specific to client computers (mostly as companion/supplement to ProductId).
Regards