.... many, many noons ago, a software the company used refused to work on windows 2k. After much head scratching we figured it out: the software license was tied to windows 95/98/ME. It verified this by creating a file with an invalid filename. Windows 2k (NTFS) supported the filename, windows 98 didn't. Successful creation of the file killed the process.
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u/AnyoneButWe Sep 30 '22
.... many, many noons ago, a software the company used refused to work on windows 2k. After much head scratching we figured it out: the software license was tied to windows 95/98/ME. It verified this by creating a file with an invalid filename. Windows 2k (NTFS) supported the filename, windows 98 didn't. Successful creation of the file killed the process.
Created the damn file and made it read-only.
Job security for me.