Re: who uses dual boot? [was: How to start using a free OS]
On 13/11/13 11:59, José Silva wrote:
> On 13/11/13 00:26, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>> On 13/11/13 09:10, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2013-11-12 at 21:36 +0100, Alois Mahdal wrote:
>>>> 1.8GHz dual core and 4G RAM
>>>> attempting Win XP in VBox for even the most simple
>>>> tasks was a royal PITA.
>>>
>>> Then something is fishy.
>>>
>>>> (Also one reason to keep the Win in the dual-boot manner is that
>>>> I have a valid OEM license there, which I believe cannot be
>>>> migrated to VM.)
>>
>>
>> That's incorrect - I've done (automated) many, many times successfully
>> with all versions of Windoof except the latest. Your biggest problems
>> will be support for external devices (USB/LP/Com/Firewire) and that's
>> determined by, correct settings, CPU support.
>>
> He probably has an OEM SLP license, married to a key in the original
> machine bios, which won't work in the VM because it obviously has a
> different bios that doesn't have the key.
Please re-read my post.
> I think there are ways of overcoming this, inserting the "key" in the VM
> bios, but I doubt it's legal.
>
>
I know, I gave instructions to deal with that (for that reason).
Are you a lawyer? Do you have reason why the qualified legal advice I
was given is incorrect? (read the bit about "unless you have a
developers license).
Kind regards
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