Hi, Technically, Windows XP works perfectly fine with VirtualBox.
Legally, it's nearly impossible to run Windows in a VM. I have been in conversations with Microsoft Global regarding licensing of Windows on virtual machines. For months. Legally, you cannot run your Windows XP corporate license in a VirtualBox VM. Your Windows XP corporate license was tied to the physical hardware. Furthermore, corporate licenses are always an upgrade, which means you need an OEM or FPP (retail) license before you can apply the upgrade to corporate. In addition to that, you can only run exactly ONE virtual machine on your physical computer [*]. Purchasing more Windows licenses (be them OEM, retail, Open or any other type) does not help solve the licensing issue. Even if they are for different versions of Windows. I. e. you cannot legally run a Windows XP VM, a Windows Vista VM and a Windows 7 VM on your Linux computer even in the case you purchase 3 licenses of Windows (one for XP, one for Vista and one for 7). Running several virtual machines of the same version of Windows, even if each one of them has its own license, is completely illegal. [*] The exception to this is Windows 7 Enterprise (with Software Assurance), which allows you to run up to 4 VMs, and Windows Server (which has different terms for Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter). On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 2:00 AM, 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. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Joe Aquilina PO Box 819 Morley WA 6943 > Mobile: 0428 216069 > [email protected] or [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > VBox-users-community mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe: > mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe -- Pau Garcia i Quiles http://www.elpauer.org (Due to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
