On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:19:44 -0500, dgk <dgk@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:
>On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:15:51 -0500, dgk <dgk@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Quote:
>>I'm using the SharePoint vhd from Microsoft for a series of lessons. I
>>like it so much that I'd be willing to use a license and activate it
>>just so I can practice Active Directory stuff and SharePoint but I
>>can't figure out how to move it between work and home. The whole thing
>>will time out in a year anyway (according to the documentation) but I
>>can live with that.
>>
>>The vhd I'm using at home still has a week before requiring
>>activation. When I shut it down and bring the vhd and vmc files to
>>work, it requires immediate activation. From what I've read, I need to
>>make sure that the hardware changes the VM sees isn't enough to
>>trigger an activation request.
>>
>>Is the problem with activation because I haven't activated it yet or
>>will I still have the same problem once I activate it? What do I need
>>to do to keep it from re-requiring activation as I move it back and
>>forth?
>
>No pointers for this? My guess would be that since you didn't activate and then moved the VM
to a system with a different CPU type caused the activitation to kick
off.
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Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
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