Window 7 Bootcamp, avoiding Reactivation
Posted: 5. Mar 2010, 15:34
So here's the situation, I have an OEM Windows 7 Ultimate installed and activated via Bootcamp.
I want to run that partition with Virtualbox without Win 7 requiring reactivation.
Here's what I've dome so far:
Created RAW vmdk from the bootcamp partition.
Set MAC address to the same as reported by Apple System Profiler.
Set DMI info, as reported by dmidecode under Linux. Which was a nightmare itself, dmidecode refused to run under os X and there doesn't seem to be any native tools for doing that.
So, I downloaded and booted Linux Mint via DVD, ran dmidecode and emailed myself the results.
Windows runs fine, but despite all that Windows still wants reactivation.
Any ideas?
I want to run that partition with Virtualbox without Win 7 requiring reactivation.
Here's what I've dome so far:
Created RAW vmdk from the bootcamp partition.
Set MAC address to the same as reported by Apple System Profiler.
Set DMI info, as reported by dmidecode under Linux. Which was a nightmare itself, dmidecode refused to run under os X and there doesn't seem to be any native tools for doing that.
So, I downloaded and booted Linux Mint via DVD, ran dmidecode and emailed myself the results.Windows runs fine, but despite all that Windows still wants reactivation.
Any ideas?