From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DyDNO-0002aT-UI for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:45:03 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DyDNM-0002Yr-B4 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:45:01 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DyDHv-0000J0-Jc for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:39:23 -0400 Received: from [128.8.10.164] (helo=po2.wam.umd.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DyD3R-0000Hr-EH for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:24:25 -0400 Received: from jbrown.mylinuxbox.org (jma-box.student.umd.edu [129.2.237.180]) by po2.wam.umd.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j6SICgpE011859 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:12:42 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:12:41 -0400 From: "Jim C. Brown" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Problem installing WIndows Message-ID: <20050728181241.GA14181@jbrown.mylinuxbox.org> References: <42E62AA2.5090702@wayforth.co.uk> <23bcb87005072705335a4df4f2@mail.gmail.com> <42E78A4B.4010408@wayforth.co.uk> <200507271454.59855.paul@codesourcery.com> <42E90DE4.4090900@wayforth.co.uk> <42E9100B.50500@reactos.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42E9100B.50500@reactos.com> 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 On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 07:04:11PM +0200, Filip Navara wrote: > >>>I've gotten a little further, but don't seem to be finding this as easy > >>>as some of you. I can now type the admin password at the login screen, > >>>but I get a dialog, title "Windows Product Activation", text "A problem > >>>is preventing Windows from accurately checking the license for this > >>>computer. Error Code: 0x800703e6. > >>> > >>You need to boot in safe mode and install a service pack (SP1 or SP2, > >>doesn't matter which). > >Worked great, perhaps this could be in the FAQ? > > > Reading the documentation would help... > (http://www.qemu.org/qemu-doc.html#SEC30) > > - Filip > It doesn't mention that installing a service pack will make the error go away and allow one to boot normally. -- Infinite complexity begets infinite beauty. Infinite precision begets infinite perfection.