Re: [vbox-users] VirtualBox needs BIOS customization option (readable format)

2008-05-22 Thread Nanley Chery
Thanks for the quick response! I ran 1.6.1 from svn - boy was that a chore, added the values, but still no go =( An excerpt from my .xml file... ExtraDataItem name=VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBIOSVendor value=Acer/ ExtraDataItem

Re: [vbox-users] VirtualBox needs BIOS customization option (readable format)

2008-05-22 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 6:41 PM, Nanley Chery [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Every single piece of hardware could be changed on a PC with SLP and no reactivation would be required – even the motherboard could be replaced as long as the replacement motherboard was original equipment manufactured by

Re: [vbox-users] VirtualBox needs BIOS customization option (readable format)

2008-05-21 Thread Nanley Chery
Thanks for the info Frank, but it seems that changing the DMI info just isn't enough (either that or I'm doing it wrong). I guess I'll need to find out exactly what Windows looks for with it's SLP BIOS. Thank you once again! FTA (attached to my tutorial): Product Activation and new pre-loaded

Re: [vbox-users] VirtualBox needs BIOS customization option (readable format)

2008-05-21 Thread Frank Mehnert
On Wednesday 21 May 2008, Nanley Chery wrote: Thanks for the info Frank, but it seems that changing the DMI info just isn't enough (either that or I'm doing it wrong). I guess I'll need to find out exactly what Windows looks for with it's SLP BIOS. Thank you once again! In 1.6.0 not all

Re: [vbox-users] VirtualBox needs BIOS customization option (readable format)

2008-05-20 Thread Nanley Chery
Sorry about the earlier message, I'm guessing you can't embed links ;-) I have been working on a tutorial* detailing how to run an existing installation Windows XP with VirtualBox. The tutorial, however, has hit a snag. An OEM-Installed version of Windows XP does not automatically activate because