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Dual boot Linux / Windows 7 + Window 7 virtual machine under Linux + licensing

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 20261259 views
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Is it legal to use single Windows 7 (home basic) license to install windows on host AND on virtual machine running under Linux on the same host? It will be physically different installations (different partitions), however in the same pc so they will never run at a the same time. Although frequent …

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host -> activate -> reboot into linux -> install under VM -> activate

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Fix for: Dual boot Linux / Windows 7 + Window 7 virtual machine under Linux + licensing

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This is rather sketchy ground, and no answers here should be accepted as completely correct. However, I will try. I'm going to be looking at Windows 7 Home Basic Retail, OEM will be different. And difficult, since OEM copies are often hardware locke…

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