From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L5Lrb-0005SO-Dt for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:59:35 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L5Lra-0005Rb-6p for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:59:35 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49094 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L5LrZ-0005RQ-Uv for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:59:33 -0500 Received: from mail2.shareable.org ([80.68.89.115]:58988) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L5LrZ-00042W-4t for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:59:33 -0500 Received: from jamie by mail2.shareable.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1L5LrV-0000Jt-IK for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:59:29 +0000 Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:59:29 +0000 From: Jamie Lokier Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu version updates break Windows activation Message-ID: <20081126145929.GA1221@shareable.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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 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