From: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu version updates break Windows activation
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:59:29 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081126145929.GA1221@shareable.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pan.2008.11.25.19.23.21@telenet.be>
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-26 14:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-25 19:23 [Qemu-devel] qemu version updates break Windows activation Frederik Himpe
2008-11-26 14:59 ` Jamie Lokier [this message]
2008-11-26 15:08 ` Paul Brook
2008-11-26 15:09 ` Stefano Stabellini
2008-11-27 14:38 ` Avi Kivity
2008-11-27 14:47 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-11-27 14:58 ` Ben Taylor
2008-11-27 14:58 ` Daniel P. Berrange
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