Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 06:38:06 -0500 From: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Slight OT: How to run existing FreeBSD on windows as a VM Message-ID: <CAGBxaX=bERFCPvU4i18ic3c_85z8b_R=sxjirSU3Rog0HpZ8Lg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20210217110212.bc187330c2bef2626397b73a@sohara.org> References: <CAGBxaX=-mPArXr3hf=fDk-JdOAtg06QdtZ9aCEZsrA9CJkvu_A@mail.gmail.com> <20210217115210.5f0580a4@archlinux> <20210217110212.bc187330c2bef2626397b73a@sohara.org>
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On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 6:02 AM Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> wrote: > On Wed, 17 Feb 2021 11:52:10 +0100 > Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> wrote: > > > is it just a myth that a Windows install can only run on the > > hardware of the installed machine? > > Not entirely - much depends on the license. Windows OEM licenses > are generally locked to the mostherboard by some low level hardware ID > check, at the other extreme corporate site licenses an be used on anything > and as many times as you like but they tend to get revoked once they escape > into the outside world. In between are licenses which can be moved to a new > machine but you have to ask Microsoft to reactivate it on the new machine. > > Usually if you buy a machine with Windows on it you get an OEM > license. > In the case I am posting about licensing is not an issue. The windows is an aftermarket install and done in such a way that activation is not an issue. Just let the details be fuzzy from there. > -- > Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org
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