VMware + WindowsXP guest + license?

[drew einhorn]

A long time ago VMware sold an appliance bundled with a Windows
license.  I don't know if that's still an option.  I hope so, but haven't
looked real hard.

On 5/6/07, Albert Charron <albert at albertcharron.name> wrote:
>
> 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?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Tomoki Taniguchi
> >
> >
> Sadly, you can't use an OEM licences (licence that came with a computer)
> anywhere else than on the PC it came with (As for Windows, it's
> installed in a second computer when installed in VMWare).  You can't
> even upgrade your CPU or Motherboard as Microsoft considers this as a
> new PC.  It's not the case with retail licences which can be transfered
> from one PC to another a couple of times.
>
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