Vista install plus Vista in a virtual machine & activation

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
news7BB9D63-376B-407A-B045-ECF2151064D2@microsoft.com...

>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