From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1I8rE8-0002To-8v for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:28:32 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6C5QVqp013098; Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:26:31 GMT Received: from mail.netspace.net.au (mail-out4.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.77]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l6C5M9si008187 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:22:10 GMT Received: from [172.16.0.52] (ppp246-231.static.internode.on.net [203.122.246.231]) by mail.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21EEF376764 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:22:10 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT vm WinXp] Can WinXp be Vm app from gentoo? From: Iain Buchanan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200707111509.58535.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> References: <46945112.7040808@geographic.net> <1184134468.6875.107.camel@orpheus> <200707111509.58535.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:52:12 +0930 Message-Id: <1184217732.5473.13.camel@orpheus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 5aee4436-3be3-4d8d-b7dc-fa66f9f5e6d1 X-Archives-Hash: 32508132f66e200baaf835f3d44b99ce 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, -- Iain Buchanan Subtlety is the art of saying what you think and getting out of the way before it is understood. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list