VMware + WindowsXP guest + license?

[Nils Kassube]

Tomoki Taniguchi wrote:
> I have a dual boot winxp/linux system.
>
> My windows partition has a valid license that came preinstalled with my
> laptop. It has passed all license validation up to this point.
>
> I used the "VMware Converter" to create a copy of the "winxp
> environment".
>
> I then tried running the "image"  in vmware player under linux.
> The system starts up normally, but when I log in,
> Windows tells me i need a valid license.
>
> My laptop doesn't come with a Windows install CD.
> It came with a recovery DVD which contains an image of the
> of a preinstalled harddrive to save time.
>
> How can i solve this issue?

Check your EULA - the one I have seems to allow only one copy of Windows 
on the computer. Probably you have to buy another license to install it 
as a vmware image.


Nils