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Microsoft’s original Windows 95 packaging included two anti‑piracy holograms, one of which depicted a child without a shirt pointing at the Microsoft logo on a monitor. An unnamed government objected to the image, prompting Microsoft to replace that hologram on subsequent boxes. The holograms were intended to verify the authenticity of the software, as they were difficult and costly to counterfeit. Raymond Chen’s blog details the change.

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