Windows + VM licenses

[Ed Smits]

Hmmm... If the Vista that I just activated is running on virtual
hardware and I move it to another machine it's still on the same
virtual hardware as when I activated it (and I always have static
sized virtual drives, they are more efficient), what difference would
MS see? Does anyone know if they can "see" past the virtual
environment into the host's physical BIOS?  This could get
interesting, almost makes me want to go out and borrow a second laptop
to see what happens<G>

Back in the day (12+ years ago) Adobe PageMaker 5 was network aware,
you could install it on any number of machines with the same S#, but
if you tried to run it on 2 machines on the same subnet simultaneously
the second copy wouldn't start, I always thought that was a smart (and
ethical) way to control licenses, gave us the freedom we needed w/o
giving us free access to multiple copied licenses.


ED

On 6/15/07, jarrodhenry at comcast.net <jarrodhenry at comcast.net> wrote:
> Vista WGA does do callback on updates, and the WGA does take into account computer information.
>
> I know this because my Vista is a volume license vista , and when I put in a new hard drive and video card, the OS reported it was unable to determine if it was Genuine.  I'd suspect that , fundamentally, the OS can reach into the Host machine to determine information. (Or if the HDD showed as different sizes due to growth and the like.)
>
> Point is, they probably can tell.
>
> Jarrod
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