Win7 Pro needs 2 licenses: one for Bootcamp & one for //desktop 6!

Discussion in 'Installation and Configuration' started by Bergui, May 4, 2011.

  1. Bergui

    Bergui Bit poster

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    attention you need a secund Win7 licence!

    With my previous Santa Rosa MacBookPro I used either Bootcamp or //desktop6 with my Bootcamp XP_SP3 single one licence!
    But this is no more blessed on Windows 7:
    If you try to use your Bootcamp Win7 virtualized thru //desktop6, you'll be prompted to purchase another Win7 licence...
    Arghh! a lot of bucks to throw thru the window...
    ;-(
    If you ignore this gentle warning, after the next attempt to boot, you'll be punished with a "black screen" just few secunds after finishing the boot process.
    Thanx a lot Microsoft: this is reallay bad since you only have a single hardware, but certainly not 2 computers!
    Worse, when you boot from //desktop you cannot use in the same time your genuine Bootcamp Win7, so why 2 licences needed?

    regards
    Bernard (Paris,Fr)
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  2. annett

    annett Bit poster

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    You need to contact Microsoft to activate Windows via the phone and explain them your case.
     
  3. Bergui

    Bergui Bit poster

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    Microsoft closed abruptly the phonecall when they became aware that I was using a Mac and that Win7 has been first activated thru //desktop6. There is war again between Apple & Crimosoft...
    You must say to all your customers that it is mandatory to install BOOTCAMP first, since it 'll be to late afterwards...
    I had to manage a secund license key and that drives me mad and furious against Microsoft!
     
  4. SequelaSteve

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    I've been reading all the posts to this section, and I may be having the same problem. I have a new licensed copy of Windows 7 (and have both 32-bit and 64-bit versions). I did by two licenses for Parallels 6, for two different computers. When loading Windows 7 on the second computer, I get certain error messages like "SCSI controller is not installed". I can call Microsoft Windows and plead the case - and they have actually been good to me when I do need to put other Window versions on my other computers - but, do I need to call them in the first place, and second, is there anything I can say to them that will help me get this Windows loaded onto my MacBook Pro?
     
  5. BobbyR

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    You need to call Microsoft Windows and plead the case. That's the best thing to do.[​IMG]
     

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