activating windows XP in transported machine

Discussion in 'Installation and Configuration of Parallels Desktop' started by clipper666, Jul 16, 2008.

  1. clipper666

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    Hello,

    Migrated my old PC and got parallels up and running though during windows start up in asks for activation key, when i put the key in (from old computer) it fails. Hence at the moment i cannot use my VM.

    Any ideas??

    many thanks,

    Phil
     
  2. John@Parallels

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    Was it OEM Windows version?
    if yes, this can be the cause
     
  3. clipper666

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    Yes it was, any solution?
     
  4. John@Parallels

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    I am afraid not, because key is somehow can be bid to hardware
     
  5. clipper666

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    so there is no way that i can use my virtual machine??
     
  6. fbx

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    It's a guess, but you could try calling MS. If this is activation you can tell them that you have it on one computer and they will (usually) give you a new activation key.
     

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