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From: Frederik Himpe <fhimpe@telenet.be>
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Subject: [Qemu-devel] qemu version updates break Windows activation
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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

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Frederik Himpe