Ami Fischman wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I'm very new to plex86, so my question might be completely misguided. I'm
> wondering if it's possible to use the native BIOS of the machine with
> plex86. The reason to do this is that many OEMs now ship their
> windows/applications that come with new PCs packaged so that they can only
> install on the same machine as was originally sold, and this is determined
> from the BIOS. So, running plex86 (or vmware) doesn't allow reinstallation
> of these programs since the BIOS the VM sees is the software one.
Unfortunately, you can't use the native BIOS. It drives hardware specific
to your real computer. The VM has its own set of emulated hardware
and its own BIOS.
Do you know if the software is reading a BIOS serial number or
calling a BIOS ID service?
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