Re: Where do I get an Activation Key for Windows XP Home SP2?
- From: "C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T" <csdcs@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:11:10 -0600
Umma Gumma wrote:
"Joan Archer" <archer_joan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OP5ZpHjzHHA.312@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
As others have told you you cannot activate this version on a different machine and my understanding was that you were only testing it to see if it did work, which it obviously does so I would have thought the sensible thing now would be to uninstall it.
Joan
Well it does...and it doesn't. It requires activation. So presumably that means if I use it to install on the primary machine (the host machine in this case) it will still require activation, ergo...won't work. That's as I understand it. Am I wrong?
To put everyone's mind to rest, I HAVE UNINSTALLED IT. Right now I feel like I've made a coaster.....
You didn't make a coaster. What you need to understand is that the VM is a totally 'different' machine. Meaning that it is identifying itself differently to Windows then your hardware machine.
I have an HP dv8100cto, and when I install my system disk on it, it doesn't even require activation. The license is tied to the BIOS of my computer. If I turn around and install that same disk in either Microsoft VPC2007 or VMPlayer, it wants to be activated.
VMs have a BIOS, and that BIOS is not the same as my hardware BIOS, the Windows installer sees that and requires an activation.
The need for activation is normally triggered by new hardware. In your case, the VM is all new hardware so of course it will want to be activated.
Ciao . . . C.Joseph
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