Re: Wine, the implicit Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage

[Marcus Meissner <meissner () suse de>]

On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 11:30:56AM +0200, Christian Khark Lauf wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Javi Polo wrote:
>
> > On Aug/11/2005, Scott Edwards wrote:
>
> > > That's right, you're thinking no way.  Wine [http://www.winehq.org]
> > > not only runs the validation download, but it also produces a proper
> > > validation key.  I discovered this weeks ago, but didn't see anyone
> > > else mention it yet.
> >
> > http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=95654
>
> And it's getting better.
> From: http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/downloads/FAQ.aspx?displaylang=en
>
> Questions:
> Will systems running WINE pass WGA validation?
>
> Answer:
> WINE is a Win32 emulator which allows Windows applications, such as
> Office, to run on top of X and UNIX. When WGA validation detects WINE
> running on the system, it will notify users that they are running
> non-genuine Windows, and will not allow genuine Windows downloads for
> that system. Users of WINE should consult the WINE community for WINE
> updates. It is important to note that WINE users, and other users of
> non-genuine Windows, can continue to download updates for most Microsoft
> applications from Microsoft application-specific sites, such as Office
> Updates.
>
> Would be nice to know, how the WGA-Tool tries to detect if Wine is runing.

It checks for a WINE specific registry key.

WINE development has proceeded a bit and the registry key has moved (not
due to WGA checks, just regular development progress).

So WGA no longer sees it, so WGA thinks this is valid windows.

Ciao, Marcus
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