Also, I found another thing to narrow this problem down. I'm not necessarily asking for any feedback. This is more of a log for future use if other people have a similar virtual Windows activation problem.
- The only ExtraDataParameter I need in my vbox file is the reference to the SLIC.bin file! I can activate with Microsoft without specifying any other parameters (although I have tried with & without specifying all parameters.)
- My virtual activation only fails when I reboot Linux Mint and attempt to virtualize Windows again. (I don't have to boot Windows natively for it to cause the VM to fail activation.) This leads me to believe my distro of Linux is resetting SOME parameter in itself as host OS to make my virtual machine fail authentication after reboot. Perhpas the problem lies OUTSIDE of the VM setup!
- To fix my activation, I can either recreate the SLIC.bin file, or recreate the virtual machine and reference the old SLIC.bin file.
- And finally, I am even more confused exactly where the problem lies, but this has been one hell of a project so far and I am not going to give up!