On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:25:18 -0500, dgk <dgk@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:
>On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:12:12 -0500, dgk <dgk@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Quote:
>>On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:32:12 -0800, "Steve Jain [MVP]"
>><noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote:
>> Quote:
>>>On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:19:44 -0500, dgk <dgk@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:15:51 -0500, dgk <dgk@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>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.
>>
>>Ok, then there's only one sure test. I'll activate and see what
>>happens. >
>
>Oh joy of joys. I activated the VM I have at home, brought it to work
>and it seems to be fine. Now, can I keep moving it back and forth
>without activating again? Only one way to be sure on that. Not sure, the only thing that would be different for the VM between
the 2 host PCs is the CPU.
what CPU do you have at work and home?
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Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/