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Friendly reminder that the AARD code never shipped.

• HankB99 1y ago
  It shipped in the release version but was disabled according to a note on Wikipedia. > Microsoft disabled the AARD code for the final release of Windows 3.1, but did not remove it so it could be later reactivated by the change of a single byte. IIRC it did manage to make it into the PCs of some users - testers and early adopters? /pedant
• Lt_Riza_Hawkeye 1y ago
  it absolutely shipped in the beta...
  • smileybarry 1y ago
    Betas at the time were physical and tightly controlled, not a download or a toggle. I wouldn’t really call it “shipped”.
  • p_ing 1y ago
    "Shipped" means release to manufacturing (in that era).