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The VM example is interesting. At what point does a VM qualify as a different computer? For example if I shutdown my VM and then "upgrade" it by allocating more
by jiggy2011 14y ago
The VM example is interesting. At what point does a VM qualify as a different computer? For example if I shutdown my VM and then "upgrade" it by allocating more RAM or changing some of the emulated hardware does that mean I lose my office license?
What happens if you keep the same hardware but install a different version of Windows?
- gnu8 14y agoThe same questions apply to a real computer. When MS introduced activation on Windows XP, they spelled out what hardware changes would require a reactivation. Which was just an inconvenience, it didn't terminate your license to use Windows. Microsoft should tell us what hardware changes they're looking for, if any. Maybe it is only tied to an installation ID of Windows.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoI think that in the VM, the guest OS sees the same CPU as the host OS, so if the license is tied to that CPU, no luck.