j.ledun wrote:Hey !
I'm working since more than 1 year with my Win7 64 bits guest (arch linux 64 bits host). I originally activated it with the activation code provided for my Laptop, I've never had trouble with that.
And now, after VirtualBox 4.3 update, my Win7 guest is asking me to activate it again. What's happening ?
I've updated virtualbox + extension pack + guest additions on all my machines.
I've possibly found a fix/workaround for this one. It seems that VBox4.3 doesn't use the hardwareuuid from the Machine tag in the vbox file anymore.
I was able to reuse MS Office in a XP VM by adding the uuid to the Hardware tag. (It had detected hardware changes after the 4.3 upgrade).
Maybe it would also affect the hardwarechecks from Win7.
Workaround:
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<Machine uuid="{30761f24-1e22-49c8-a4a5-dedc4a7ed74c}" ...>
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<Hardware version="2">
After
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<Machine uuid="{30761f24-1e22-49c8-a4a5-dedc4a7ed74c}" ...>
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<Hardware version="2" uuid="{30761f24-1e22-49c8-a4a5-dedc4a7ed74c}">