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How does Windows 7 licensing work for running the OS as Virtual Machines?

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Mar 15, 202674920 views
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I plan on buying Windows 7 Ultimate Edition to run on an old Pentium 4. I also want to run Windows 7 virtual machines inside Windows 7. My question is two fold: Do I need a license for each Virtual Machine? Does the answer change if I use a third party virtualization platform (e.g. VirtualBox, VMWare, QEMU, etc) as opposed to VirtualPC?

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Check out my SuperUser Blog post on transferring a Windows licence to another machine, the same rules apply. Basically the following two sections of your licence are relevant: INSTALLATION AND USE RIGHTS. One Copy per Computer. The software license is permanently assigned to the computer with which the software is distributed. That computer is the “licensed computer.” and ADDITIONAL LICENSING REQUIREMENTS AND/OR USE RIGHTS. Use with Virtualization Technologies. Instead of using the software dir…

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