I think something that has been overlooked in all this (and which is really off-topic for wine-devel, but I just can't resist) is the fact that with this GenuineCheck.exe program Microsoft are acknowledging the presence of another browser on Windows. Compare this to the situation with the Windows Update site that refuses to work with anything other than IE+ActiveX...
regards, Darryl
On Sat, 2005-02-19 at 16:19 -0700, Brian Vincent wrote:
On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 13:25:17 -0700, Jesse Allen the3dfxdude@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 22:28:59 +0100, Ivan Leo Puoti ivanleo@gmail.com wrote:
By quickly looking at the program, I noticed it looks for a registry key, this key is... SOFTWARE\Wine\Wine\Config the wine configuration key.
Has anyone tried creating this key on Win2k or 98 and seeing what happens with the program?
I just created the SOFTWARE\Wine\Wine\Config key here on both Win98 and Win2k. It failed.
Both print the same error:
"Code not available. The validation code could not be obtained. This may be due to technical difficulties, or you may be running an unsupported operating system. Please close this window and attempt the validation process again, or use the Back button in your web browser to return to the download details page. [Error code: 0x8004026d]"
After I remove the key it works on both.
I don't think GenuineCheck.exe is going to make it onto our list of Gold Applications in the AppDB any time soon.
-Brian