On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 9:19 AM unman <un...@thirdeyesecurity.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 04:00:47PM -0700, Insurgo Technologies Libres/Open > Technologies wrote: > > On Sunday, June 30, 2019 at 6:57:25 PM UTC-4, Insurgo Technologies > Libres/Open Technologies wrote: > > > Hello gals/guys! > > > > > > I commented on the Qubes Windows Tools (QWT on R4) issue here: > > > > https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3585#issuecomment-495819736 > > > > > > I successfully created a Windows 7 Professional OEM (Xen) Template VM. > > > Distributed that image to multiple X230 laptops, for which the OEM > product key successfully registered over phone registration, even if the > language of the licence was different. > > > > > > Now my question is, not being a Windows licensing nor sysprep guru: > What would need to be done to distribute such image under total legality? > > > > > > My actual template is prior to activation state, with all updates > installed. > > > What would need to be done so on next boot, that installation becomes > unique? So that template doesn't create conflicts when domain registered? I > read that the Machine ID is fixed at installation. And conflicting sysprep > information. > > > > > > Once legal issues are solved (the image doesn't provide any product > key and doesn't come registered) > > I would be more then willing to collaborate in creating a template image > following dev guidelines to ease QubesOS accessibility for newcomers. > > > > > > Any help/advice welcomed. > > > Thierry/Insurgo > > > > It's some time since I dabbled in the black arts of Windows licensing, > but the distribution of these images should not be a problem. > I don't think that any particular post install steps will need to be > taken, before distributing the images. I have in the past worked with > VMware images without any problems. Generally, > The only wrinkle in this is that the images *can* be repeatedly used > without licensing, and Microsoft *may* take a dim view of that. > > That is good news. > In order to *use* such an image a license would be required, and it is > unlikely that an OEM license would be sufficient. > Since Windows7 is now obsolete, I doubt that you will be able to get a > key from Microsoft. You may be able to buy sealed licenses from other > sources, but you would not be able to buy from other end users. > I was looking forward into providing such Windows Pro OEM (Xen) TemplateVM with the to be certified QubesOS PrivacyBeast X230. Since the Windows 7 OEM product key is provided as a sticker behind Lenovo X230 laptops, correct me if i'm wrong, but following your information, there would be no problem? TemplateVM: doesn't come with a product key X230: comes with a product key, under battery/under laptop. User: has to activate Windows 7 TemplateVM over the phone with activation key to obtain unique activation code to manually activate copy. Seems legit, but I want to make sure and information found online is pretty contradictory. Unman: do you have any Windows7 licesing guru in your circle of contacts that could validate the legality of this? Thanks. Thierry Laurion / Insurgo Open Technologies https://insurgo.ca > > unman > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "qubes-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to qubes-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to qubes-devel@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-devel/20190701131929.gt7hyuxbkr273cxw%40thirdeyesecurity.org > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-devel@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-devel/CAKBvGQm0OFCyM1sAAM0irO3aPf-oSGcBse9ZLUiPFhs%2BAC1m5Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
