# Intalling software and keycodes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intalling-software-and-keycodes/290356>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 16, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intalling-software-and-keycodes/290356 "2005-02-16T15:01:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intalling-software-and-keycodes/290356/21 "2005-02-18T22:17:39Z")

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That’s chilling as all hell. So, MicroSoft now will lay claim to everything you do and use on your machine. Non-MS software? Windows won’t run. Is that it? Jeeeeeeesh.

I happen to use a two button trackball on my Mac, as I do on my Mac laptop. Works beautifully, sometimes the options offered by that right-hand button are a doozey…

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