[ale] Semi-OT, Windows as VM guest

[Jim Kinney]

Worse. It's an OEM license and it's tied to a specific class of hardware. The OEM submits their supplied license keys along with the hardware list it shipped on to Microsoft. If your installation is to a system that's too different, it refuses the key.
Migrating the certificate file will also fail as the hardware checksum will fail on next test and the update process will refuse to create an updated cert as the new hardware is too different. A motherboard change is allowed as long as the hard drive is the same. Moving from physical to virtual will change both drive and motherboard thus invalidating the license cert. The exception to this is if using a company bulk license.

On November 28, 2014 10:35:24 AM EST, Michael Trausch <mike at trausch.us> wrote:
>Yes, but doesn't that require copying the certificate from the host
>firmware and grafting it into the VM BIOS image?
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 27, 2014, at 10:11 PM, Beddingfield, Allen <allen at ua.edu>
>wrote:
>> 
>> Look at the computer you are wanting to run it on...if it shipped
>with some OEM version of Windows (look for the MS product code
>sticker), you can run that license in a guest.
>> Allen B.
>> --
>> Allen Beddingfield
>> Systems Engineer
>> The University of Alabama
>> 
>> ________________________________________
>> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [ale-bounces at ale.org] on behalf of Ken
>Cochran [kwc at shell.TheWorld.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2014 3:47 PM
>> To: ale at ale.org
>> Subject: [ale] Semi-OT, Windows as VM guest
>> 
>> Semi-OT, so off-list reply ok & I'll try to summarize back.
>> 
>> Hey ALErs & Happy Thanksgiving!
>> 
>> I have a few applications that *require* Windows & won't run in
>> an emulator (a la Wine/CrossOver, believe me, we've tried).  They
>> should run fine in a VM though.
>> 
>> Questions:
>> 
>> What is the "best" (or recommended version(s)) of Windows to run
>> as a guest/hosted in a VM?  Looks like my choices are 7 Pro or
>> 8.1 Pro.  I'm thinking 7Pro - everyone else I've talked with
>> *hates* 8; thought I might ask here.
>> 
>> Should it be the OEM DVD or is this something I can/should
>> download & make into a USB/flashdrive install?
>> 
>> Does MS maintain the download images with service packs and/or
>patches?
>> 
>> Can I "migrate" a Windows VM to a different machine, as needed?
>> 
>> If I download it, how do I go about getting proper/valid/legal
>> license key(s)?
>> 
>> As usual, pointers to FAQs, docs, FMs to RT are quite welcome.  :)
>> 
>> -kc
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