Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.
@Sebby
Activation of Windows XP is not necessary in order to use the OS in a virtual machine.
It's possible to reset the time and date of the VM to the first day of the month within which you have to register and use Windows XP forever in trial mode.
Provided that the product key used to install Windows XP matches the setup.ini in the setup folder you in fact only need one key for installation.
The rest is for activation.
There are several possibilities:
(1) Install Windows XP inside a VM (VMWare) and freeze the date and time (there are several references on how to accomplish this by editing the VMX file).
(2) Install Windows XP with a generic OEM product key inside a VM (VMWare) and modify the DMI BIOS strings to match the OEM vendor.
The OEM generic keys are available from Microsoft Technet, but if they aren't, I have them on file.
Update:
Read and save the article: "Preserving OEM Pre-Activati on when Re-installing Windows XP"
If you have a Windows XP OEM cd which came with your old computer, you can use the generic key (for Home or Pro) to perform a fresh installation of Windows XP in a VM.
The new virtual installation of Windows XP will function for 30 days and is fully functional within the grace period.
In order to activate a virtual OEM Windows XP you need to add some strings to the virtual DMI BIOS.
This is done by configuring VMWare or Virtualbox to emulate the OEM vendor's DMI strings and by adding some OEM specific files
to %%systemroot%%\\oobe.
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