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I have installed a Windows 8 Pro VM in Citrix Xencenter,
It asks for reactivating windows again, saying your hardware might have changed.
I was wondering if there is a way to avoid that or not
user893730
Posted 2013-05-22T22:23:15.580
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Hi there! What do you mean by "again"? How often is this happening? What's happening between boots? – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2013-05-22T23:05:52.630
@Karen Could be, but the lack of information provided makes it hard to figure out if it's the same situation (P2V2P type boots). It's bordering on Not a Real Question IMO. ;) – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2013-05-22T23:14:10.843
@techie007: P2V or not, the problem is due to running the OS in a VM, isn't it? I don't see any way to "avoid" this, since that will likely involve breaking the EULA. – Karan – 2013-05-22T23:27:38.947
@user893730 - Only one way provide the virtual machine instance it's own unique unused license key. – Ramhound – 2013-05-23T00:26:17.653
By again I meant two times, first it worked I believe after a restart it asked again, I haven't re entered the product key again. I bought a copy of windows just for this virtual machine and I haven't (and won't) used the licence on anything else. – user893730 – 2013-05-23T15:15:30.720
It's not exactly a duplicate of the other question because it's xen citrix, not VirtualBox, the reason I asked this is that I was wondering if there is a way in xencenter to make a VM use the same hardware if restarted to avoid this problem. – user893730 – 2013-05-23T15:17:47.433