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

Nicholas Sushkin linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:56:11 -0400


On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 09:58:57 -0500, Jeffrey Taylor <jeff.taylor@ieee.org> wrote:
> 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.

Once you activate WinXP in real installation and then run it in the
virtual environment, WinXP will think that you moved it to a different
computer and you will have to reactivate it with a different key.

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Nicholas Sushkin