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I know this is a long shot, but I was wondering if there's a utility
available (Win 98 or ME) that will report a different CPU type to a
program's installer or to the program itself. A friend of mine said he
wanted to install a demo of some audio program, but the program's docs say
it must be installed/run on a machine with an Intel CPU only (and his
machine has an AMD). Is this something that's possible to spoof, or is it
too low-level (BIOS level).
 
I was hoping perhaps there was a registry key that could be
added/edited/etc. that could "report" the CPU of a user's choice to an
application or installer. Not a biggie, but does anyone know? Thanks.
 
 
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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion (More info?)

We have enough problems with Keyloggers, Adware, Spyware, Viruses, Trojans to  
consider even answering that question even if we did know of such a program I  
highly doubt that information would be shared over a MICROSOFT NEWSGROUP!  I  
suggest you purchase a legal Intel CPU and forget about the grand plans of  
trying to be a petty criminal by spoofing the CPU type.  Goodbye, Frank!
 
"Fr@nk" wrote:
 
> I know this is a long shot, but I was wondering if there's a utility
> available (Win 98 or ME) that will report a different CPU type to a
> program's installer or to the program itself. A friend of mine said he
> wanted to install a demo of some audio program, but the program's docs say
> it must be installed/run on a machine with an Intel CPU only (and his
> machine has an AMD). Is this something that's possible to spoof, or is it
> too low-level (BIOS level).
>  
> I was hoping perhaps there was a registry key that could be
> added/edited/etc. that could "report" the CPU of a user's choice to an
> application or installer. Not a biggie, but does anyone know? Thanks.
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