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RE: VMWare & WinXP
From: "Burton Strauss" <Burton () FelisCatus org>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 10:36:15 -0600
Nope ... You need one valid Windows license per installation. The host OS and the VM are TWO installations. -----Burton -----Original Message----- From: Jason T. Hallahan [mailto:jthallah () gmail com] Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 1:36 PM To: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: VMWare & WinXP Hello and good day, I recently purchased a laptop from Dell with Win XP Professional on it for the purpose of setting up a VMWare virtual network for honeypot/pen-testing purposes. However, when I go to install my new copy of XP (which is the host OS of my box) in a virtual machine, it won't activate. I tried calling Microsoft and going through the automated process on the phone, but it says my installation is invalid. Is there any way around this (I am not trying to cheat Microsoft here) or any way to speak to a Microsoft representation to explain my situation? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you and best regards! - Jason
Current thread:
- VMWare & WinXP Jason T. Hallahan (Nov 29)
- Re: VMWare & WinXP Brian Loe (Nov 30)
- RE: VMWare & WinXP Burton Strauss (Nov 30)
- Re: VMWare & WinXP Gene Cronk (Nov 30)
- Re: VMWare & WinXP Kenton Smith (Nov 30)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: VMWare & WinXP Chris Merkel (Nov 30)
- RE: VMWare & WinXP Beauford, Jason (Nov 30)
- Re: VMWare & WinXP enine (Nov 30)