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Abusing copyright strings to trick SW into thinking it's running competitor's PC

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69 points mastazi | 3 comments | 26 Jun 25 00:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.599s | source
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marginalia_nu ◴[29 Jun 25 13:13 UTC] No.44412885[source]▶
Microsoft would have experience with that

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARD_code

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mslansn ◴[29 Jun 25 14:12 UTC] No.44413317[source]▶
Friendly reminder that the AARD code never shipped.
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1. Lt_Riza_Hawkeye ◴[29 Jun 25 14:30 UTC] No.44413462[source]▶
it absolutely shipped in the beta...
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2. smileybarry ◴[29 Jun 25 14:56 UTC] No.44413662[source]▶
Betas at the time were physical and tightly controlled, not a download or a toggle. I wouldn’t really call it “shipped”.
3. p_ing ◴[29 Jun 25 15:01 UTC] No.44413702[source]▶
"Shipped" means release to manufacturing (in that era).