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
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Darryl Dixon <esrever_otua@pythonhacker.is-a-geek.net>