> > Maybe I'll see if I can get a second hard drive, install to that, and go
> > from there. Or maybe that's not worth the trouble, and I'll get a real
> > Windows CD.
>
> The latter would probably be easier. Alternatively you can go complain to
> Gateway. You can tell them that you ARE installing this on a Gateway
> computer, but their check is failing because of a virtual environment.
> However, you PAID for the win98 license (included in the cost of the
> computer) AND you ARE installing it on that system. INSIST that they give
> you a workaround to their too-intrusive check OR alternatively a version of
> Win98 that you can use. It takes end-user customers complaining about this
> kind of thing to make them stop.
Well, I've contacted Gateway. Guess what? It's not their fault, or at least
they say. This is what I get from their help:
Quote --------
Thank you for replying back to Gateway's Online Technical Support. I
apologize any inconvenience, however, Microsoft mandated that all OEM
vendors of it's Windows software must integrate this security layer into
the operating system and motherboard BIOS to combat piracy.
Thank you for your understanding in this matter.
End Quote ------
Piracy? It won't combat piracy. All it takes is reverse engineering
biosid.exe. What it will combat is a user taking a fully licensed copy of
windows and trying to run it under VMWare or Win4Lin. This is really scary,
because it appears that ALL OEM vendors will have to do this.
So, Gateway has said they can't give me anything. Who should I go to next?
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Associated Students of the University of Alaska Fairbanks
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