From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DRL6B-0004o3-C6 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 22:19:23 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DRL69-0004nr-Ir for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 22:19:23 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DRL69-0004Zt-FX for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 22:19:21 -0400 Received: from [209.55.4.210] (helo=mxo1.broadbandsupport.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DRL8y-000353-GZ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 22:22:16 -0400 Received: from atmail4.ibbsonline.com (atmail4.ibbsonline.com [209.55.3.53]) by mxo1.broadbandsupport.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 395A052C49 for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 22:17:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [209.33.77.51] (helo=organiza3bfb0e) by atmail4.ibbsonline.com with smtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DRL42-0007RF-TA for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 22:17:11 -0400 Message-ID: <001001c54c61$9d537c00$334d21d1@organiza3bfb0e> From: References: <20050429011822.URZR18139.lakermmtao08.cox.net@smtp.east.cox.net> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Windows Laptop Idea Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:17:33 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Ben; Hertz has alreadyc ommented a bit, but I thought I'd add a few thoughts. > It dawned on me that I really hate the fact that I can't > really install my HP restore CD's on anything but my Welcome to Microsoft's grip on the world.... I've never seen an HP restore cd, but if it's anything like a Dell cd, = the basic core files are identical to a regular XP cd, except for a = couple of text files that point to additional drivers and patches. I'm a firm believer that a person has a right to the original unmodified = files (without unneeded OEM specific junk), so if it was me, I'd make an = effort to get the md5's of the regular OEM version of XP (whatever = version) and see what is truely different. I'm definetly not a fan of Microsoft's policies and practices. I do use = Windows, but I don't like the company. (In fact, you've gotten me curious.... If you want to contact me = privately, I wouldn't mind getting the md5 hashes for the files on your = HP oem cd. Just so I can compare them to what other OEM cd's have. As = I said, I've seen a few OEM cd's, but never an HP one.) > laptop, including a qemu session. Wouldn't be kind of a > cool thing to provide a bios signature so things like the I think the OEM's use a digital signature in the bios. Encryption = stuff. Microsoft has always been a bit paranoid about the stuff, even = going so far as to force oem's to pre-activate and them (MS) disabling = the keys used, so they can never actually be activated any way other = than by oem preactivation. (Meaning a mobo or bios change can = invalidate your license.) So you'd have to try and make qemu hardware identical to the HP (or = other OEM) so the bios wouldn't notice the difference. Not an easy = task, to put it mildly.