VISTA, XP and Virtual Machines??

What is the deal with running XP under VM legally. If I buy a copy of
XP/Pro (EOM) as part of a complete system, can I run it under VM if I
install Linux or Vista as a host OS?

Would getting a legal XP/Pro Retail make any difference?











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Al Dykes
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- Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail

MickMurphy
Tue Sep 30 01:13:01 PDT 2008

One licence, one install.
If you have the OS installed on your computer, you need another licence to
install that same OS on a VM on that computer, or another computer.

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Mad Mike


"Al Dykes" wrote:

> What is the deal with running XP under VM legally. If I buy a copy of
> XP/Pro (EOM) as part of a complete system, can I run it under VM if I
> install Linux or Vista as a host OS?
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Gilgamesh
Sat Oct 04 19:11:29 PDT 2008

"Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:712C9956-03BE-49F9-99B8-33106C4C0803@microsoft.com...
> One licence, one install.
> If you have the OS installed on your computer, you need another licence to
> install that same OS on a VM on that computer, or another computer.

Actually the Vista licence agreement says One Licence - One Device.
Though it does expresly forbid using the licence in a virtualised
environment (at lease Vista Home Premium which is my licence)
Given this exclusion if you were to buy a second licence would you actually
be able to install it? :-)
(I wanted to install it today and found this little clause)

Through a set of twisted arguments you could argue that a VPC is different
to the real PC which is what MS does to justify ripping you off for a second
licence.

However if you have a second HD installed on your PC you could install it on
a partition there as well as the core install on the other desk - Then use
the PCs BIOS to go into a boot menu and choose which one you want.
There is no virtualisation involved and it is still the One PC Device.



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> "Al Dykes" wrote:
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>> What is the deal with running XP under VM legally. If I buy a copy of
>> XP/Pro (EOM) as part of a complete system, can I run it under VM if I
>> install Linux or Vista as a host OS?
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>> Would getting a legal XP/Pro Retail make any difference?
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>> --
>> Al Dykes
>> News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is
>> advertising.
>> - Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail
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