From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L5LxM-0007ma-7K for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:05:32 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L5LxK-0007kL-FW for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:05:31 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52072 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L5LxK-0007k9-Ax for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:05:30 -0500 Received: from smtp.eu.citrix.com ([62.200.22.115]:17340) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L5LxJ-0005mH-No for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:05:30 -0500 Message-ID: <492D66A2.8040603@eu.citrix.com> Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:09:22 +0000 From: Stefano Stabellini MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu version updates break Windows activation References: <20081126145929.GA1221@shareable.org> In-Reply-To: <20081126145929.GA1221@shareable.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Jamie Lokier wrote: > 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? > Of course it does :)