Windows XP - is it genuine is it not?

Hello,
I wanted to try out IE 7 Beta so I could get a first-hand impression what this thing is, and maybe write a few words.

So, I power up the virtual machine with Windows XP installed in it.
I double-click the IE 7 installer.
It shows me the blue star of "genuine advantage" and tells me that I need to validate the software before install. OK. Let it be.
It connects to MS and tells me Windows is not genuine.
Interesting, when I make the same check on the same Windows outside of VMware Player, it becomes mysteriously genuine.

So, what's it gonna be? Genuine or not? Decide guys.

In the meanwhile, cancel IE 7, delete the installer, never try again.

Thank you MS for another great step at dissuading your customers from giving you a seventh chance.

I'm looking forward to September when you start trying to shut off computers because they won't run the "genuine advantage" thingie.

Mrk

 

You have installed the same copy of windows onto 2 setups, the activation will not be the same within the VM and will be seen as an illegal copy

 

Hello,

If you read the eula when installing:

... 2 processors ...

Furthermore, it's the same hardware.

Mrk

 

The 2 Processors is for multiproccessor PC`s. (2 processors can access the same (one) copy of the software)

The hardware is "virtual", as already mentioned.

 

Hello,
I have 6 licences ... actually. 1 Win 98, 1 XP Home, 4 XP Pro ...
Mrk

 

All their anti-piracy stuff gives people more problems instead of helping them.

 

Hello,
I'm not a developer. I'm a guy who tried to give MS a chance.
I wanted to see how their new product behaves. Remember, it's NOT a finished product. It's just a beta. And so, I try to give it a try. Instead, they slap you in the face with genuine blue-star bullcrap validation thingie that is inaccurate and annoying. Validation for beta? Why?
And now that I think of it, almost all MS products to come in the last year are beta. MS Anti-spyware 1, MS Anti-spyware 2, new Office, IE 7. So instead of paying you or rewarding you for trying their beta software, like most companies do - they reward people for trying to raise the social awareness to their new product, a sort of free marketing, plus solving of bugs etc - they want you to go through hassle to do it. And moreover, they make a mess out of it, because their tools are inaccurate.
And so, they prevent a possibly "enthusiastic" user to give their product a try. In other words, they do not want you to try their products unless you sign a slavery consent first. No thank you, I say.
Mrk

 

I don't think Bills validation doodad is going down too well........

Cochise.