Joe,
There should be no problem installing a WinXP Corporate license into
virtual box, I have done it many times. Are you installing from a disk or
an image?
Gerry
On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 8:00 PM, Joe Aquilina <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> I am very new to Virtualbox and need some advice.
>
> Is it possible to run Windows XP Pro with an enterprise/corporate
> licence within Virtualbox? My old computer, which had XP running with
> this licence has died. I still want a copy of Windows XP and would
> like to run it within a virtual machine on my dual boot Windows 7 /
> Kubuntu laptop.
>
> However, when I start installing Windows XP into a fresh virtual
> machine, it tells me that the licence is invalid.
>
> Am I trying to do the impossible? I have installed Windows XP with a
> standard licence as a test (and immediately deleted it once I
> confirmed it worked since it wasn't my licence) so I know it works!
>
> Any suggestions or advice is welcome. Thanks in advance.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Joe Aquilina.
>
>
>
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