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> How do you determine if it will run on a "virgin" system? The obvious answer is that you test it on a virgin system but not everyone has immediate access to one.
> Surely, setting up an autorun CD can't be that problematic? 

The answer is in your question, though you may not like it. Software
developers (and you join this group by choosing to make an autorun CD
of this kind) DO need to test on a wide range of systems, OR live with
the consequences of not testing - that is, it may not work for a group
of users. Test, test, and test again.

I have and install if necessary copies of Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/XP
in all languages... you can subscribe to a Microsoft service to get
all systems in this way. A spare PC for the purpose is ideal, but I
also make use of VMWare (http://www.vmware.com/).

Mistakes can be expensive if a run of CDs have to be scrapped, and can
give a bad impression of you if it goes wrong.  And they happen. I
discovered that our CDROMs that run with Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000 just
did nothing on Windows XP, a pity with 1500 CDROMs in the cupboard.

Aandi Inston