OSX / WinXP / VMWare problem...help!

[bazza_g]

Right, I've got as far as installing the 'bootcamp' WinXP that has been running just fine with the dual boot system.

I've just downloaded and installed the trial version of VMWare Fusion - which also seems to be working ok too.

But, when I installed the VMWare tools on the virtual XP as it told me to do, the XP installation thought the hardware had changed so much its asked me to re-validate WindowXP.

I bought an original copy of XP off ebay, so when I put the key in again it says the product has been registered as many times as it can be and I need to contact Microsoft.

Has anyone had this problem before? Are Microsoft helpful or am I going to get told to get lost!

Cheers

[Hopsta]

Just call them up on their automated service and you'll get a monkey, tell them that your install blue screened and that you've had to redo, blame it on their flakey software

[Ritey]

When you created the virtual machine, did you use the quick install and put the key into their wizard, or the long way (non quick mode)?

[bazza_g]

As soon as I installed VMWare it recognised the bootcamp partition as XP - I didn't install XP through VMWare

Its the VMWare tools that adds all the virtual stuff made XP think it was a whole new computer.

So I should be ok calling them in the morning with a 'plausible story' ?

[bazza_g]

- cheers, all sorted - called their automated hotline and got given a new key over the phone. Talk about panicing over nothing from my side