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Trying to install a PC game from a year 2000 CD in Windows 10 is pretty annoying

@KommaChameleon I was actually amazed that I bought a copy of Lemmings for Win 3.11/95, and it just works on Win10 without doing anything

I wonder if it's the fact that intrusive DRM schemes came in later - and Win10 now views some of those as malware (also leading to MS actually recommending no-CD cracks as a workaround)

@Dex Yeah, the game I was installing was an EA title from 2000 with SecuROM. I had to download a fan utility to get it to install right.

DRM is weird

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