Re the EULA for Vista H/HP - this still confuses me -

4. USE WITH VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES. You may not use the software
installed on the licensed device within a virtual (or otherwise emulated)
hardware system.

Does that mean that if the licensed device is a VM then one is OK?

"Andrew McLaren" <andrew@fakeaddress.com> wrote in message
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> "Brian R Hastings" <Brian R [email]Hastings@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote ...[color=green]
>> I would like to know If anyone has attempted to use Vista home
>> "activated"
>> software and then used VMware using Windows XP pro "Activated software".
>> So
>> then, you of course use Windows XP pro. Please let me know how this
>> worked
>> for you? I am quite circus on this. If anyone has worked on this project
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>
> Hi Brian,
>
> Virtual PC is an excellent tool for running virtual Windows machines. It
> can run Windows XP, Vista,, Windows 23.x and even MS-DOS just fine.
>
> However it sounds like you already own and run VMWare Workstation - am I
> right? If so, Virtual PC doesn't offer any big technical advantages over
> VMWare; they're pretty equivalent. The main adavanatge of Virtual PC is
> that it provides a single-vendor solution, so there is seamless support
> from Microsoft for the whole stack. If you encounter tech support issues
> on a VMWare VM, and you need PSS to debug it, they may ask you to
> reporduce the problem on physical hardware, first. On Virtual PC
> andVirtual Server, they will debug in situ. See:
> [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897615/en-us[/url]
>
> It's not a good idea to have VMWare and Virtal PC (or Microsoft Virtual
> Server) installed on the same machine. As long as they never run at the
> same time, it's okay. If you accidently start VMWare while Virtual PC is
> running (or vice versa) the machine will probably lock up solid and you
> need a hard reboot.
>
> You mention "Vista home"; I'm not sure if you mean, literally, Vista Home
> Edition (either Basic or Premium). Vista Home edition runs fine in a VM,
> from the technical perspective. But there is a stupid and offensive
> licensing restriction in the Vista Home EULA, which prevents you from
> running it as a guest in a VM. It is purely a licensing restiction, there
> is no technical barrier. It applies to Virtual PC, VMWare, Xen, etc - all
> virtualisation solutions. If you have an MSDN subscription, you can run a
> Vista Home editoin in a VM, for development purposes.
>
> Regarding activation, XP and Vista in a VM behave exactly teh same as on a
> physical machine: after a short grace period, you must activate Windows in
> order to keep it running. This applies to VMWare and Virtual PC, and all
> other virtualisation products.
>
> Hope that answers some of your questions.
>
> --
> Andrew McLaren
> amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au
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