[ Comments below, in-line ] On 30 October 2012 11:15, Pablo Sanchez <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/29/2012 06:12 PM, Mark Cranness wrote: > Are you certain the UUID causes the Vista issue? In my experiment, it > didn't cause W7 to become de-activated. I'd run a test to confirm. :)
Hi Pablo, No I'm not certain, but it is a possiblity. As far as I know, the hardware changes that Windows XP Activation uses are documented fairly well, but those for Windows Vista and 7 are more mysterious (undocumented). I understand (IIRC) Windows 7 (re)activation tests are less strict than for Vista. @John, I think there is a reasonable chance that using setextradata to mask the VM UUID change (motherboard serial number) may be all that is needed, see the forum post for that, or ask for more details. IIRC, for Windows XP, the original (first activation) MAC address is heavily weighted in the reactivation rules, and perhaps the same is also true of Vista. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Windows 8 Center - In partnership with Sourceforge Your idea - your app - 30 days. Get started! http://windows8center.sourceforge.net/ what-html-developers-need-to-know-about-coding-windows-8-metro-style-apps/ _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
