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On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 15:09 +0100, Mick wrote: |
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> On Wednesday 11 July 2007 07:14, Iain Buchanan wrote: |
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> > hm, don't know about the distribution side, but you can sure install any |
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> > version of Vista you like, from the one Vista DVD without a license / |
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> > activation. Only the one you have a license for can run for more than |
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> > 30 days (or some number) though. |
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> Does this mean that if my hypothetical imaginary friend were to install Vista |
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> on VMWare (I assume that this is VMWare Workstation, not VMWare Player, |
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> right?) |
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yes, workstation. |
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> and take a snapshot of it, then it will always stay active? Or will |
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> Vista fire up, read the current date and use that to determine if the trial |
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> period has expired? |
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my hypothetical imaginary friend used to do that with microsoft office. |
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And instead of shutting down XP in VMware he'd just kill it, and re-use |
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the same snapshot next time. Thus every time he opened office, the |
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"uses left before activation" was always 29... |
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> Just curious. |
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me2. Haven't tried it with Vista, but I assume it would use the real |
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date. |
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cya, |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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Subtlety is the art of saying what you think and getting out of the way |
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before it is understood. |
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