Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT vm WinXp] Can WinXp be Vm app from gentoo?

[Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au>]

On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 15:09 +0100, Mick wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 July 2007 07:14, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> > 
> > hm, don't know about the distribution side, but you can sure install any
> > version of Vista you like, from the one Vista DVD without a license /
> > activation.  Only the one you have a license for can run for more than
> > 30 days (or some number) though.
> 
> Does this mean that if my hypothetical imaginary friend were to install Vista 
> on VMWare (I assume that this is VMWare Workstation, not VMWare Player, 
> right?)

yes, workstation.

>  and take a snapshot of it, then it will always stay active?  Or will 
> Vista fire up, read the current date and use that to determine if the trial 
> period has expired?

my hypothetical imaginary friend used to do that with microsoft office.
And instead of shutting down XP in VMware he'd just kill it, and re-use
the same snapshot next time.  Thus every time he opened office, the
"uses left before activation" was always 29...

> Just curious.

me2.  Haven't tried it with Vista, but I assume it would use the real
date.

cya,
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