I know about the key validation for XP and every OS coming after it. I
used to work at a call center in Phoenix and caught one of my co workers
writing down the XP key on the sticker stuck to the computer at one of
the workstations. Some years before that I worked at a company that
wrote a couple of applications. They had a couple of MSDN subscriptions
so the developers could test the software to make sure nothing from
Microsoft conflicted with anything they wrote. They only had dialup the
first six months I worked there. They knew I took some classes at GCC
at the time so every time they needed to download something that was way
too big for dialup, they'd hand me a zip disc and send me to GCC to
download whatever they needed. They laid me off in December 01 but it
wasn't until May 02 they changed the username and password on the
company web server. Apparently they weren't the most security conscious
firm back then.
On 11/22/2011 21:43, Stephen wrote:
Microsoft does not copy protect themedia at all. It does liknk a given
media to a series of keys OEM is different from retail is different
from msdn etcetera.
The real thing is inthe activation to their servers. If they pick up
to many they invalidate they key malling you call in and prove you
really own it. Not hard but an extra step and safety catch.
This is done so you can make a backup of your media as they key is
supposed to be affixed to the machine.
On Nov 22, 2011 9:05 PM, "Derek Trotter" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Mark I understand you don't have the install discs for windows 7.
This has me wondering if there is some copy protection scheme that
makes it difficult to copy the windows 7 install disc(s). If so
is there a linux program that will get around it?
Disclaimer: I'm not condoning the use of pirated software in
violation of any applicable laws where you live. There is
considerable expense involved in replacing a legit copy of any
micro$oft OS. So a backup would come in handy.
On 11/22/2011 18:40, Mark Phillips wrote:
I have managed to fill up my laptop's dual boot (Win 7 and Debian
testing) 320 GB drive, so I have a new shiny 750 GB drive to
install. I have tried to use Clonezilla, and it keeps failing
because the old drive has 512 byte sectors and the new drive has
4096 byte sectors. No problem; I will just create a system image
of the Windows partitions to move that to the new drive, net
install Debian testing, and copy over my user files.
However, I was thinking that I could get rid of the dual boot and
just virtualize the Windows partition. My questions -
1. Can I create a virtual version of my Windows 7 Home Premium
using the system recovery disk and the backup on my external usb
drive? So far, it installs to the new 750 GB drive with no
issues. I don't have any original media disks.
2. Vmware or Virtualbox? Do either one support usb so I can run
iTunes on my virtual Windows drive? A while ago I was able to get
vmware to run off of the Windows disk partition, but it seemed to
break every time I ran an upgrade on Debian, and it was a pain to
get it to work each time. I don't want to fiddle with this
approach again, unless I have to.
Thanks for your suggestions!
Mark
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