[Bug 9248] New: Windows genuine advantage not compatible.

[Wine Bugs]

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9248

Summary: Windows genuine advantage not compatible.
           Product: Wine
           Version: 0.9.42.
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: wine-binary
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

Hi,

Windows genuine advantage no longer seems to work.

Limited research I have performed on the net says that this is because windows
genuine advantage is now looking for WINE keys in the registry.

My suggestion:

Either make wine hide its registry keys from apps other than winecfg for eg.  Or
add some sort of check box in winecfg to turn this on and off.

I remember seeing a message on winehq from a windows software developer.  He was
asking how to detect wine so he could use workarounds in his program.  From what
I can remember, your response was "don't", because WINE was after full
compatability.

So I cant see this would negativity affecting compatibility.
Plus: It was working once.