Guest Christoph Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Hello, I have with vmware converter a physical machine convert to a virtual one. But now comes the windows with the activation and says the key are wrong. but this is a legal volume license from our company (eds)... You have any ideas, whats wrong? Best regards Christoph
Guest Arun Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 RE: windows activation Is that a copy with Volume license, please call the MS activation helpdesk. Rgds, Arun Aluvila "Christoph" wrote: > Hello, > > I have with vmware converter a physical machine convert to a virtual one. > But now comes the windows with the activation and says the key are wrong. but > this is a legal volume license from our company (eds)... > > You have any ideas, whats wrong? > > Best regards > > Christoph
Guest Christoph Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 RE: windows activation I have call to the helpdesk. But this person have a very bad german and have me not unterstand.... "Arun" wrote: > Is that a copy with Volume license, please call the MS activation helpdesk. > > Rgds, > > Arun Aluvila > > "Christoph" wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I have with vmware converter a physical machine convert to a virtual one. > > But now comes the windows with the activation and says the key are wrong. but > > this is a legal volume license from our company (eds)... > > > > You have any ideas, whats wrong? > > > > Best regards > > > > Christoph
Guest C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: windows activation Christoph wrote: > Hello, > > I have with vmware converter a physical machine convert to a virtual one. > But now comes the windows with the activation and says the key are wrong. but > this is a legal volume license from our company (eds)... > > You have any ideas, whats wrong? > > Best regards > > Christoph > Hi Christoph, I went through the identical problem 2 months ago. Basically the problem stems from how Microsoft defines a 'machine'. Even though you are using your 'native' install, because it is being accessed through a VM, Microsoft says that you are using the install twice. Basically since the VM is recognized by windows as a different machine with a different hardware configuration from Microsoft's point of view they are correct. Since I needed to run a native WinXP from inside of Ubuntu, I installed a retail version of Windows and activated it. Then I made a copy of the wpa file. I then went into VMPlayer under Ubuntu and set up the a VM to run the native WindowsXP. I had to call Microsoft, and they gave me a new key for Windows. I activated and made a copy of that 'wpa' file. I was lucky and the Support person who gave me my new key failed to ask the right questions and I was able to answer truthfully and get the new key. So I have one 'wpa' that I use when running natively and a separate one that I run when using the VM. You'll note that when you setup the WinXP that you were told to set up a second hardware profile. One for the VM and then the one you use for the native install. This important since VMWare has certain limitations that you don't want carried over to your 'native' install. If you have any questions, you can send me an e-mail (the address here is a real address). One last thing if your Windows disk is a branded OEM disk it will not work. The problem is when you call the OEM brander they will know that the machine you are installing on is not one of their hardware configurations and will not give you the new key. I don't have an unbranded OEM disk, so I don't know if that will work or not. Ciao . . . C.Joseph "A promise is nothing more than an attempt to respond to an unreasonable demand." http://blog.tlerma.com/ A Windows professional's view of entering the World of Linux
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