Multiple X.org configs, single machine

[Bill McGonigle]

On Mar 6, 2008, at 12:40, Thomas Charron wrote:

>   Windows requires reactivation.  Profiles can handle the hardware
> differences without a problem, but it detects more then a couple
> components are different, requires a phone home or a real phone call.
> Even then, you can only reactivate the same copy 3 times.

This might be worth a try; from:

   http://www.vmware.com/support/esx21/doc/esx21admin_uuid_vms.html

> Enabling the Physical Hardware's OEM ID to Be Seen by the Virtual  
> Machine
>
> Each virtual machine is automatically assigned an Original  
> Equipment Manufacturer ID (OEMID), comprising the Manufacturer and  
> Product Name, which is stored in the SMBIOS system information  
> descriptor. It can be accessed by standard SMBIOS scanning software  
> and used for systems management in the same way you use the OEMID  
> of a physical computer.
>
> By default, the Manufacturer string is "VMware, Inc." and the  
> Product Name string is "VMware Virtual Platform".
>
> If the virtual machine's configuration file has the option
>
> SMBIOS.reflectHost = TRUE
>
> then the Manufacturer and Product Name strings in the virtual  
> machine are the same as the Manufacturer and Product Name of the  
> host system.
>
> These strings are updated (copied from the host BIOS to the virtual  
> machine BIOS) on every virtual machine BIOS POST (Power On Self Test).

-Bill

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