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Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu version updates break Windows activation
From: |
Jamie Lokier |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu version updates break Windows activation |
Date: |
Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:47:42 +0000 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
Avi Kivity wrote:
> Frederik Himpe wrote:
> >Every time qemu/kvm is updated, the version strings in the virtual
> >hardware change, which breaks an activated windows installation in qemu.
> >Windows thinks it's running on other hardware, and requires manual re-
> >activation by phone.
> >
> >Could the version strings please be made optional in the hardware?
> >
> >
>
> Perhaps we should switch the version strings not to include the qemu
> version, but instead carry their own version numbers, which would bump
> on on incompatible change (presumably, never).
Microsoft Virtual PC lets you override the version strings and UUIDs
yourself for some things, I think. They are in the XML VM description
file, which is what you click on start a VM.
This is helpful for moving existing VM images from one hypervisor to
another without needing Windows re-activation. VMware probably does
the same, to be able to run Virtual PC images unchanged.
-- Jamie