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

[Nick Bower]

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