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Windows 7 Activation issue
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rjenkinson
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Jan 23, 2010, 11:37 PM
 
I have Windows 7 running under Bootcamp 3.1. The problem is that it's activated under VMware, but not if I boot directly into Windows. Is there any way I can deactivate the virtual machine and re-activate Windows with the same product key?

Nevermind: Had to get a new code from Microsoft over the phone. Works now.
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olePigeon
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Jan 29, 2010, 12:52 PM
 
What version of VMWare are you using? They supposedly fixed that problem.
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Jan 29, 2010, 02:10 PM
 
It's not a problem if you install & activate in boot camp. It sounds like you installed in bc but tried to activate in fusion. Not sure how well that works.
     
   
 
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