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>> 1. Invent time-travel device
>> 2. Use time-travel device to go back in time to when MS still sold it
>> and get legal copy
>> 3. ???
>> 4. Profit!
>
> Or you could just buy it online for ~$10.
What, a time-travel device? Or a Windows XP VM?
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On 3/21/2010 2:00 PM, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> 1. Invent time-travel device
>>> 2. Use time-travel device to go back in time to when MS still sold it
>>> and get legal copy
>>> 3. ???
>>> 4. Profit!
>>
>> Or you could just buy it online for ~$10.
>
> What, a time-travel device? Or a Windows XP VM?
>
Probably both, though the level of functionality of either is
questionable. ;) lol
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Does anybody know of a way I can legally create a Windows XP VM?
Install a version that requires activation. Say "I don't have a license."
Activate it? :-)
Hit up ebay to buy a license from someone who bough
t it bulk and didn't need it all?
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> Legally, you're supposed to purchase a seperate license for a VM, just
> like for a PM. But here's the twist - Microsoft *no longer sell* Windows
> XP,
Amazon seems to still sell it, if you actually need the media and a license.
And as Darren says, can't you buy it from within Windows after you've
installed it?
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On 22/03/2010 2:59 AM, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Does anybody know of a way I can legally create a Windows XP VM?
>
> Legally, you're supposed to purchase a seperate license for a VM, just
> like for a PM. But here's the twist - Microsoft *no longer sell* Windows
> XP, and it is therefore impossible to buy licenses for it. So...??
>
Windows 7 includes a Windows XP VM license. Works perfectly as far as I
have tested it. Performance is OK but not quite as good as native.
Will that will satisfy your requirement?
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>> Or you could just buy it online for ~$10.
>
> What, a time-travel device? Or a Windows XP VM?
Not from MS of course, since they stopped selling it.
http://www.google.com/products?q=windows+xp+pro&hl=en&scoring=p
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Darren New wrote:
> Install a version that requires activation. Say "I don't have a
> license." Activate it? :-)
I'm pretty sure you can't do that. It lets you type in a license code,
and if it doesn't like it, it says "call this number". There is no
option to *buy* a license code (which would mean effectively admitting
that you're already in possession of something which is illegal).
> Hit up ebay to buy a license from someone who bought it bulk and didn't need it all?
I was under the impression that anything sold on ebay that isn't a
physical object has a 98% chance of being illegal.
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scott wrote:
> Amazon seems to still sell it, if you actually need the media and a
> license.
I did a search, and every result I got back was for Amazon offering you
somebody's second-hand (i.e., illegal) copy. There were no new copies on
sale anywhere.
(I particularly hate the fact that Amazon now sells second-hand stuff. I
don't *want* second-hand items! But Amazon seems to not offer any way to
disable showing them...)
> And as Darren says, can't you buy it from within Windows after
> you've installed it?
Not as far as I know, no. When you activate, you must enter a valid
license code, or you get asked to call a helpline. If you don't do that,
your PC stops working after a while.
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Paul Fuller wrote:
> Windows 7 includes a Windows XP VM license. Works perfectly as far as I
> have tested it. Performance is OK but not quite as good as native.
>
> Will that will satisfy your requirement?
Yeah, I heard something about this... Still, since I don't have Windows
7, that doesn't help [yet]. Also, what if I want to run more than one
Windows VM? I'd still need more than one license. (Unless I can convince
Windows that all the VMs are "the same machine"...)
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> I did a search, and every result I got back was for Amazon offering you
> somebody's second-hand (i.e., illegal) copy. There were no new copies on
> sale anywhere.
Second-hand is not necessarily illegal. Of course, with active software,
it's entirely possible for the authors to do something that prevents you
from doing what's entirely legal.
> Not as far as I know, no. When you activate, you must enter a valid
> license code, or you get asked to call a helpline. If you don't do that,
> your PC stops working after a while.
So call the help line and see if they'll sell you an activation.
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