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Does anybody know if the new one will have Windows Media Center and Window Media Player? I do like them both.
Does anybody know if the new one will have Windows Media Center and Window Media Player? I do like them both.
Thanks John, et al
I just finished a fast play of the video - looks like a decent release both content and user presentation.
We'll get to see how stable and coordinated the system is as a whole is when they drop it.
Bill
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I have Win 8.1 with TP running in a VM (reverse of your setup). This probably applies to Win10, but don't quote me.
I decided to set up a Win8 VM so I could play on that without breaking my live machine. It wouldn't activate because the license was already in use on another machine.
A virtual machine is a different machine for all intents and purposes.
Your physical machine can be 'upgraded' for the lifetime of that machine.
Your VM can be 'upgraded' for the lifetime of that machine.
Two machines - two different licenses.
A dual boot? Same machine - same BIOS, different OS booted. I think this only matters if your machine was an OEM installed OS. I installed a retail version of 8.1 so there is no tie to the physical hardware
(I'm not sure if 8.1 terminology or implementation is the same as Win7 - SLIC/SLP - but there is some equivalent)
You'll probably have to put 8.1 on the physical machine to upgrade. The Win10 Preview release or RC won't work as the base for the upgrade (at least that's the way I understand it).
Bill
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Windows 7 uses OA 2.1, OEM Activation version 2.1. On a factory OEM install it activates against a SLIC table in the BIOS. The SLIC table contains OEM info but no Product code. The install media has to have a matching certificate to the SLIC table for activation to work. Each manufacturer has a single master product code they use for that make and model PC. All the PC's from that manufacturer can have the same OEM product code. Windows 8 uses OA 3.0, OEM Activation version 3. There is no SLIC table for Windows 8, instead there is a unique product code embedded in the BIOS and activation is done online. The OEM's are given product codes to use and then submit their list of product codes used and the hardware hash for the motherboard they were used on. It's supposed to make pirating Windows harder. You can't fake the OEM BIOS as they each have a different product key embedded in them.