I know there have been posts claiming that you can bypass the copy protection, but i still cant get pool of radiance or curse of azure bonds to work. Even when i actually put the correct code in, i am still having problems. i didnt even try any of the other games but i would like to start from the beginning. does anyone have any information about this??

Have you tried just hitting enter? I never input anything and have had no issue yet for Pool of Radiance, Gateway, and Treasures of the Savage Frontier.

I see from the other thread that you got it worked out. I'm not a fan of the Home and End to navigate menus either. Arrow key navigation is so much quicker in my experience. I'm kind of jumping around the Gold Box series so I'm not sure at which point the arrow keys became a usable alternative, but at least they did get on board eventually.