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Is this normal? Since 2018 I've gone through a few Linux distros/versions (Lubuntu 18.04, Lubuntu 20.04, Kubuntu 20.04, now Mint 21 Cinnamon). I have a Win7 VM set up for easy access to a few apps, and when I migrate from one Linux install to the next I tell Virtualbox to export all the VMs. However, I think every time I've done this (on the same underlying hardware every time), Win7 needs reactivating even though I would have thought that all the settings being exported by VB would have presented Windows with the same 'hardware' every time?
I telephone activated Windows this time (successfully) because MS was trying to peddle a new Windows licence, so it's not the end of the world, but I'd rather avoid it if I can because I assume at some point Microsoft will decide I've attempted to reactivate Windows too many times.
I also have an XP VM which (certainly on this occasion) did not need reactivating.
I telephone activated Windows this time (successfully) because MS was trying to peddle a new Windows licence, so it's not the end of the world, but I'd rather avoid it if I can because I assume at some point Microsoft will decide I've attempted to reactivate Windows too many times.
I also have an XP VM which (certainly on this occasion) did not need reactivating.