John Andersen wrote:
Then you try to install that disk using your original COA, only to find out that the disk > is further trapped out so as not to work if the hardware doesn't look pretty close to the original. In a VM, it won't look the same.
---- A vendor version often looks in the BIOS for vendor specific strings.
So you run out and borrow someone's installation disk who bought a commercial boxed set, only to find out that your COA won't work on that version either.
Because your COA was a dummy COA that only works with vendor-supplied BIOS-check activation routines. The retail versions don't contain vendor-BIOS check code. I have re-installed with a retail onto my dell box, but to get it to 'license' correctly, I need to copy over the BIOS authentication mechanisms from a dell-install disk. Once those are on the disk Windows will use those to check for activation & authenticity. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org