From: Richard Gauszka 

yep - I haven't done any VMware updates so Vista should see the same
virtual machine each time I boot  ( XP has no problem )

http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/faqs.html

The VMware virtualization layer maps the physical hardware resources to the
virtual machine's resources, so each virtual machine has its own CPU,
memory, disks, and I/O devices, and is the full equivalent of a standard
x86 machine.

Geo. wrote:
> The activation keys vista to the hardware. Is the VM presenting exactly
> the same hardware (including serial numbers) each time you start it up?
>
> Geo.
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:45d27567{at}w3.nls.net...
>> It's a MSDN Vista Business edition  - that version along with Vista
>> Ultimate is allowed to run in a virtual machine.
>>
>> http://download.microsoft.com/documents/useterms/Windows
>> Vista_Business_English_e59f6893-6b14-4262-964c-993ed16d138a.pdf
>>
>> That's why I installed that version in VMware.  Actually I think all
>> MSDN versions are allowed to be virtualized  but I know Vista and
>> Ultimate are the only ones allowed in the retail version so I tried to
>> stick with that rule
>>
>>
>> "Geo."  wrote in message
news:45d268f3$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> Vista license says you can't run it in a VM doesn't it? (lets you get
>>> under all the DRM, that's baaaaad).
>>>
>>> Geo.
>>>
>>> "Rich Gauszka" 
wrote in message
>>> news:45d24d6d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> Vista Business ( MSDN ) running in Vmware Workstation 5.5.3.  ( no
>>>> changes or updates to VMware ) has required reactivation every time
>>>> I've run Windows Update. I'm in the 3rd 'your activation period has
>>>> expired' scenario right now. Since I've already activated twice
>>>> already I've decided to give up as not to use up my MSDN product
>>>> keys with a braindead Vista activation scheme
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

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