Windows 7 on Mac Pro - Parallels + Boot Cam - Same License?

[Squadleader]

Just install Windows via Bootcamp and then use your Bootcamp partition with Parallels for virtualization. That way you also don't need to install Windows twice.

Case solved

Yepper...

 

[Transporteur]

You don't quite get what I mean

I online activate in bootcamp once first installed - then in VMWare when it unactivates itself it won't allow you to activate online, hence the phoning MS.

Probably MSDN:AA uses OEM keys where-as proper MSDN uses Retail keys?

All right, got it.

That might well be. Very confusing.

 

[abarone]

I installed Windows 7 with Bootcamp, activated it, and then used Parallels to access the Bootcamp partition. At first it asked me to re-activate and I had to deal with Microsoft by phone to finally get it working.

Trying to explain to the tech at Microsoft what I was trying to do was, lets say, an interesting experience.

 

[Dadioh]

I installed Windows 7 with Bootcamp, activated it, and then used Parallels to access the Bootcamp partition. At first it asked me to re-activate and I had to deal with Microsoft by phone to finally get it working.

Trying to explain to the tech at Microsoft what I was trying to do was, lets say, an interesting experience.

Same piece of HW so it shouldn't cause any issues with the EULA as far as I can tell. But, yeah, I can see trying to explain it to the person at the other end would be surreal

I don;t ever talk to a person when I use phone activation. It just puts me onto an automated system.

 

[karsten]

I installed Windows 7 with Bootcamp, activated it, and then used Parallels to access the Bootcamp partition. At first it asked me to re-activate and I had to deal with Microsoft by phone to finally get it working.

Trying to explain to the tech at Microsoft what I was trying to do was, lets say, an interesting experience.

has it asked you to activate since?