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Re: They have hired top Linux people before

@ JLV

>I wonder when MS will do away with the can't run Windows on a guest VM using the host PC's current Win license...

Not everything in the EULA is legally enforceable everywhere, I know that according to my lawyer, this is not enforceable in Europe. As long, of course, as you do not have two installations of Windows running on the same box at the same time.

You can even transfer, as in "sell", your Windows license ... provided, of course, you stop using it.

MS knows this, so they baked the license into the firmware, forcing you to pay again for each new motherboard you use. For the moment, you can still contact MS Support and they will sort it out ... not sure how long they will do that.

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