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Vista install plus Vista in a virtual machine & activation

Posted: 08-01-2006, 01:41 AM
Bill U
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I installed Vista beta 2 and activated it. I have now used that same
installation disk to install Vista beta 2 on the same computer within a
vmware virtual machine. What will happen if I try to activate the virtual
machine instance of Vista? One machine, two instances of the OS..... Will
Redmond explode?
Bill
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Colin Barnhorst
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Re: Vista install plus Vista in a virtual machine & activation
Posted: 08-01-2006, 01:56 AM
You will have used two of your ten computers to activate Vista on. A
virtual machine has its own hardware profile and the hardware hash comes out
quite differently from the hardware hash for the host. Eight to go.

"Bill U" <BillU@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I installed Vista beta 2 and activated it. I have now used that same
> installation disk to install Vista beta 2 on the same computer within a
> vmware virtual machine. What will happen if I try to activate the virtual
> machine instance of Vista? One machine, two instances of the OS.....
> Will
> Redmond explode?
> Bill

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