When updating QEMU use specific machine type and this will keep "old" HW.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1318474 Title: QEMU update causes Windows reactivation Status in QEMU: Expired Bug description: After updating QEMU the guest OS's detect new hardware. As a result any Windows OS sees it as a significant change in hardware and require a reactivation. Host OS: Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit Guest OS's: Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Windows Server 2008 R2 Web Windows Server 2008 R2 Data Center QEMU version: 2.0.0 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1318474/+subscriptions