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Hi

I've got a VM running XP with Ubuntu as host OS. On the XP VM there is some software that is registered according to machine hardware ID. I'm having a lot of problems with the latest Ubuntu with crashes/freezes etc and am considering migrating to another distro. Once the new distro is installed along with Virtualbox, will the migrated virtual machine still have the same machine/hardware ID or will I have to re-register all my software?

Thanks

The CPU maybe another on the new host.

The other hardware is the same.

It depends on your software. So check it yourself.

Well I'd rather not check it myself, that's why I'm asking! Software has only just been re-registered and I don't want to go through the whole process again if I can avoid it.
The new host will be the same physical machine as it is now, it will just be the host OS that will change.

Windows 7 activation is based on hardware UUID. When that changes, e.g. you move the VDI to a new VM, W7 will ask for reactivation because the machine/hardware UUID changed. You can hack the XML to match the UUID you had, but you can also use the VBoxManage command to set a hardware UUID. But if you just backup the entire .VirtualBox folder, you wouldn't have this issue nor need this work around.

OK. That's great Thank you