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Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu version updates break Windows activation
From: |
Jamie Lokier |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu version updates break Windows activation |
Date: |
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:59:29 +0000 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
Frederik Himpe wrote:
> Every time qemu/kvm is updated, the version strings in the virtual
> hardware change, which breaks an activated windows installation in qemu.
> Windows thinks it's running on other hardware, and requires manual re-
> activation by phone.
>
> Could the version strings please be made optional in the hardware?
>
> See also http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=467043
Does Windows also break whenever you do a firmware update on a real
machine?
-- Jamie