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That was a lot of years back. And then MS declared it will auto update and patch every XP, genuine or not.
I really don't think it is a smart move to enable automatic upgrades on a pirated copy of Windows ...
Will this thing behave nicely when I put it on a machine which already has grub and several linux partitions? Or will it insist on killing grub or even do worse stuff to my machine?
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I've used these VMs and they are so infuriating I also want to just buy a full license. They're never able to validate, so they always nag you about "is your windows genuine?" (well I downloaded it from MS so I should hope so!) and shut down every half an hour. They're more trouble than they're worth.
From Microsoft's site http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=1157... Note: You may be required to activate the OS as the product key has been deactivated. This is the expected behavior. The VHDs will not pass genuine validation. Immediately after you start the Windows 7 or Windows Vista images they will request to be activated. You can cancel the request and it will login to the desktop. You can acti…
The stupid things restart every 30 minutes. I don't know what else I can say to underline what an annoying waste of time they are.