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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...<BR>
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regards,<BR>
Darryl<BR>
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On Sat, 2005-02-19 at 16:19 -0700, Brian Vincent wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 13:25:17 -0700, Jesse Allen <<A HREF="mailto:the3dfxdude@gmail.com">the3dfxdude@gmail.com</A>> wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 22:28:59 +0100, Ivan Leo Puoti <<A HREF="mailto:ivanleo@gmail.com">ivanleo@gmail.com</A>> wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > By quickly looking at the program, I noticed it looks for a registry</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > key, this key is...</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > SOFTWARE\Wine\Wine\Config</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > the wine configuration key.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Has anyone tried creating this key on Win2k or 98 and seeing what</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> happens with the program?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I just created the SOFTWARE\Wine\Wine\Config key here on both Win98</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">and Win2k. It failed.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Both print the same error:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">"Code not available. The validation code could not be obtained. This</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">may be due to technical difficulties, or you may be running an</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">unsupported operating system. Please close this window and attempt</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">the validation process again, or use the Back button in your web</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">browser to return to the download details page. [Error code:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">0x8004026d]"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">After I remove the key it works on both.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I don't think GenuineCheck.exe is going to make it onto our list of</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Gold Applications in the AppDB any time soon.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">-Brian</FONT>
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Darryl Dixon <<A HREF="mailto:esrever_otua@pythonhacker.is-a-geek.net">esrever_otua@pythonhacker.is-a-geek.net</A>>
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