Re[2]: [ltp] XP Key doesn't work!

[Jeffrey Taylor]

No.  Though it appears that maybe it does from the comments of the OP.
A possible workaround is to install WinXP natively on a partition and
then configure VMware to use the real installation (AKA raw disk).
Win2k is fairly good at dealing with differing real and virtual
environments.  I expect that hasn't gone away in WinXP.

VMware shot me in the foot (and therefore a new sale/update) with the
gap between a beta version and the final version.  I had a deadline to
meet in the gap, so I had to make a real installation of Win2k work.
Right now, I don't have a license for a recent version of VMware, so I
can't check.

Jeffrey

Quoting Nick Bower <nick@nickbower.com>:
> Are you confirming the OEM or other created CD using the posted HowTo
> *does* look for Thinkpad hardware?
> 
> On Thu, 2004-09-23 at 05:07, Jeffrey Taylor wrote:
> > Quoting Nicholas Sushkin <nicholas.sushkin@gmail.com>:
> > > > unexpected it was :(  You'd think I legally purchased a copy of XP to
> > > > install how I want...
> > > 
> > > Typically, a copy of Windows that comes preinstalled on a computer is
> > > the OEM version, which is only supposed to be run on that physical
> > > computer. One would think, however, that you should be able to run
> > > that copy from within a VM on that physical computer instead of
> > > running it directly.
> > 
> > Ah, but the VMware environment is not a Thinkpad, it is some generic
> > environment with emulated devices.  It has it's own BIOS that is
> > different from the BIOS in the physical/real environment.  If the OEM
> > CD is looking for Thinkpad specific hardware, it probably won't find
> > it.
> > 
> > Jeffrey
>