Activating XP after installing into Parallels

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esherman

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Hello,
If I activate my copy of XP, will I be able to reactivate it when the final version comes out and I do a reinstall.

Also, the VT-x issue is wierd. Last night mine did not work. Today, it works.

Thanks for any suggestions. This is one program I can't wait to purchase.

Erik Sherman
 
If you can't (which I suppose would only happen if the final version looks so different that Microsoft thinks it's a different machine), you can call the Microsoft number that shows up on that Activation screen and they'll give you a new (42-digit, sigh) number to allow activation to work.
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esherman said:
Hello,
If I activate my copy of XP, will I be able to reactivate it when the final version comes out and I do a reinstall.
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Along these same lines ... I assume I can't activate Windows XP in Parallels and in Boot Camp on the same machine? I would need two licenses? Regardless of the fact that it's the same machine, and can't be run concurrently?

Thanks in advance.
 
TheLorax said:
Along these same lines ... I assume I can't activate Windows XP in Parallels and in Boot Camp on the same machine? I would need two licenses? Regardless of the fact that it's the same machine, and can't be run concurrently?

Thanks in advance.
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Yup, I'm afraid so.
This is also the reason why it will not be easy to supporting booting from a Bootcamp partition.
I just removed my boot camp totally in favor of Parallels.
I already had to call Microsoft once to get a new key, this will be my second time and it's all still on the same hardware.

These keys are annoying. I'm going to have to call for a THIRD time because my MacBook is failing (display issues) and Apple are sending me a replacement, once it arrives I'll copy everthing over ... I dare say Windows will barf because the hardware will look different again.
 
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