If you can use WS03, you can still download an EVAL Copy of WS03 if
that'll work for you. It'll give you 180 days.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/trial/default.mspx
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| -----Original Message-----
| From: Brian Loe [mailto:knobdy@gmail.com]
| Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 11:22 AM
| To: Jason T. Hallahan
| Cc: security-basics@securityfocus.com
| Subject: Re: VMWare & WinXP
|
| Are you saying you're trying to use the same copy of
| XP for both the host and the virtual machine? If so,
| it won't work and you would be violating your
| license. Each virtual machine, and the host, will
| need its own copy of XP.
|
| Further, the reason you have to activate it again in
| the VM is because XP is seeing the VM hardware - not
| the hardware that was originally activated with that
| license. I can tell you from personal experience
| that you are in for a nightmare getting it activated
| for anything beyond your original, host machine.
|
| On 11/28/05, Jason T. Hallahan <jthallah@gmail.com> wrote:
| > Hello and good day,
| >
| > I recently purchased a laptop from Dell with Win
| XP Professional on it
| > for the purpose of setting up a VMWare virtual network for
| > honeypot/pen-testing purposes. However, when I go
| to install my new
| > copy of XP (which is the host OS of my box) in a
| virtual machine, it
| > won't activate. I tried calling Microsoft and
| going through the
| > automated process on the phone, but it says my
| installation is
| > invalid. Is there any way around this (I am not
| trying to cheat
| > Microsoft here) or any way to speak to a Microsoft
| representation to
| > explain my situation? Any help would be greatly
| appreciated.
| >
|
