Gateway sold pirated windows 3.11 for workgroups copies? 0

Gateway sold pirated windows 3.11 for workgroups copies? 0_o

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First post, by dosquest

Posted on 2012-04-29, 23:22

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Hey there, I have a copy of windows 3.11 for workgroups that came with my gateway 2000 computer, looking in the back of the manual I noticed this "There is an anomaly with the windows for workgroups 3.11. When windows for Workgroups 3.11 is installed from the cd-rom drive, the installation does not permit the user to enter the organization Name and Serial Number. During the installation process, when prompted for these items, bypass the prompts by striking the enter key."

Reply 1 of 8, by SKARDAVNELNATE

Posted on 2012-04-30, 01:06

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I think that's normal. I have Windows 3.11 on 8 3.5" disks. I attempted to combine them into a CD and the installation skipped over that section of the setup.

Reply 2 of 8, by Dominus

Posted on 2012-04-30, 03:16

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Interesting, I combined my WfW onto a single folder and installing from that prompts me but I think I never tried to install it from the CD, only from the hard drive....

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Reply 3 of 8, by dosquest

Posted on 2012-05-01, 00:48

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and I installed it in dosbox, and it did just that, it basically took anything you put in the key field. 🤣 "billgatessuckswhyamInotusinglinux" (though it cut half of it off. 🤣)

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Reply 4 of 8, by swaaye

Posted on 2012-05-01, 02:33

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I seem to remember even the floppy install not requiring a serial.

Reply 5 of 8, by leileilol

Posted on 2012-05-01, 03:26

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The serials for W3x were more for technical support obligations rather than a form of copy protection, which helped MS's PC world domination

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Reply 6 of 8, by collector

Posted on 2012-05-01, 07:01

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leileilol wrote:
The serials for W3x were more for technical support obligations rather than a form of copy protection, which helped MS's PC world domination

That and ignoring piracy of 95 as well.

Reply 7 of 8, by pinkdonut666

Posted on 2012-05-05, 07:25

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I think windows 2K was the last one where you could use the same serial endlessly. (could be wrong) for earlier windows versions the serial was like it was on a lot of games, it could be used endlessly. making game serial key websites possible. 😁

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Reply 8 of 8, by NJRoadfan

Posted on 2012-05-30, 19:48

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Funny Windows license key story. Back when I worked at Software Etc., I found jammed behind the shelves a packet labelled something like "Windows for Workgroups Workstation Step-up Upgrade". It was literally nothing more then a license key for WfW 3.11 and was intended to upgrade a 3.10 based machine. The price.... a penny. I had to buy it, my co-workers were amazed that it ran up for a penny.... I paid more in sales tax!

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