From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Yep - It might not change every time but it's probably better to make it
fixed now that I know about it


"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:45d3909c$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> He's running it in a virtual machine, so the hardware is virtualized, and
> a virtual MAC address is created.  From how I'm reading it, a new Mac
> Address is being created each time he loads the Virtual Machine, so it's
> been suggested that he create a file that assigns the same MAC Address
> each time the VM is loaded.
>
> --
>
> Glenn M.
> "Gary Britt" 
wrote in message
> news:45d38e1f$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Really, can't the Mac address for most NIC's be fixed via firmware or is
>> the MAC address set by the operating system?  I thought it was set by the
>> card's firmware?
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> Rich Gauszka wrote:
>>> "Mike N."  wrote in message
>>> news:e7s6t2dn3fuh9vdvg55949s6lsr00ln755{at}4ax.com...
>>>> On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:36:36 -0500, "Rich Gauszka"
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Actually if that's the case my problem is Windows
Vista activation
>>>>> going
>>>>> bizarro with just a MAC address change  
>>>>  Does that mean you lose your Vista license if your NIC
blows and you
>>>> have
>>>> to replace it?
>>>
>>> I'm beginning to suspect it does. I did a google search and found others
>>> having similar reactivation problems as myself and Bob Comer  when
>>> running Vista in a virtual machine that isn't set for a fixed MAC
>>> address.  I'm not sure if there is some sort of internal count on the
>>> change of the MAC address and it's triggered after x number of changes
>>> though.  That's still an asinine way to trigger activation
>
>

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