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Tue, 2008-11-11 18:02
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Here is a question to pose to all of you:

Is it right to crack an OEM copy of Windows XP Pro to use in a virtual machine installed on the PC the OEM copy of Windows came with?

More detailed:

I have a Gateway laptop with an OEM license of XP Pro. OEM licenses are not transferable to other PCs.

I dropped Windows and Installed Ubuntu 8.04 on the Laptop.

I still have software that I need Windows for (Darn you Flash)

I installed VirtualBox and stuck my OEM Copy of windows on it.

Windows considers the virtual machine a new PC and won't validate it.

I downloaded a crack and fixed the problem.

Windows works and updates fine in my virtual machine.

Is that wrong?

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