Vista licensing in vbox

[anystupidname]

Hi all,

I intend to try to setup VirtualBox in Kubuntu on a system that runs Vista on another partition. I'll want to use a method similar to one of these:

http://tinyurl.com/68adrd
http://tinyurl.com/38pzej
http://tinyurl.com/5scmnj

to be able to access Vista rather than make another VM. Will my Vista (ultimate) licensing be affected if I run it in VirtualBox?

Thanks!

[zmjjmz]

Hi all,

I intend to try to setup VirtualBox in Kubuntu on a system that runs Vista on another partition. I'll want to use a method similar to one of these:

http://tinyurl.com/68adrd
http://tinyurl.com/38pzej
http://tinyurl.com/5scmnj

to be able to access Vista rather than make another VM. Will my Vista (home premium) licensing be affected if I run it in VirtualBox?

Thanks!

You probably won't be able to use it, mainly because Vista Home Premium does not allow for being virtualised.

[anystupidname]

It is ultimate actually.

[zmjjmz]

For some reason I read that as Home Premium o.O
Anyways, chances are you'll need a non-OEM license to do that. Your OEM license probably won't suffice.

[kamitsukai]

For some reason I read that as Home Premium o.O
Anyways, chances are you'll need a non-OEM license to do that. Your OEM license probably won't suffice.

Basically what they don't know cant hurt them:)

[igknighted]

For some reason I read that as Home Premium o.O
Anyways, chances are you'll need a non-OEM license to do that. Your OEM license probably won't suffice.

Where does he/she say it's an OEM license?

@OP: I think you will be fine doing that, but I'd back everything up first.

[anystupidname]

@all: thanks.

I'm a little pre-occupied with Ibex right now but I'll probably try it after I find a suitable backup solution for the Vista partition I guess...