Thanks Alan. It gets me started. -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: 12/02/2016 4:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NF] VirtualBox and Win 10
Windows activation has been 'tied to the hardware' for a long time, since XP if memory serves. Assuming you're not using OEM or volume licences, that is. Windows 10 is no different. Running Windows 10 in a guest VM means it's tied to the virtual hardware in the VM including the virtual CPU ID. But you should be able to change things like the allocated memory, virtual disks and so forth without triggering a reactivation. If you do trigger one, it might re-activate online, it might require a call to Microsoft. Because VMs can be cloned and copied you obviously can't have 20 VMs all using the same licence. However since the CPU ID will be different for each, it almost certainly wouldn't work anyway. There is a discussion of it here: http://www.tenforums.com/windows-insider/38992-question-about-licence-activa tion-vm.html" -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAAZ6acx/WBlNqEIsKHz6tc0ClgAAEAAAAOdrCLTtuupJji3aANc0AjcBAAAAAA==@bdos.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
