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Automated installation of the Microsoft IE App Compat virtual machines
http://xdissent.github.com/ievms
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Win XP keep asking for activation #225

Closed rizkysyazuli closed 8 years ago

rizkysyazuli commented 10 years ago

it's been a while since i last run the VMs. so it's natural that it started asking for activation (the Win XP for IE 6, 7, 8). but after i reset them to the "clean" snapshot, it still prompting for activation.

any ideas? am i asking to the wrong place?

yangm97 commented 10 years ago

Not an issue of the project, but Microsoft's fault. They basically tell you to do not activate and reinstall the VM when trial runs out. My solution was take a snapshot of the VM with all my tools installed and tell to Virtualbox reset the VM to that snapshot, so I don't waste my time anymore.

jgrau commented 10 years ago

Same problem here. Even when reverting to the clean snapshot i am asked to activate

kanduvisla commented 10 years ago

Same problem here. Restoring the snapshot doesn't seem to work

yangm97 commented 10 years ago

You SHOULD use it without activating it and the notification WILL NOT go away. That's how it's meant to work. You should check Microsoft's documentation.

yangm97 commented 9 years ago

@TrevorSayre what do you mean by that? At least when I make a new vm I get it to login and update it to the latest version. You could try removing WGA (or not allowing it to install when it comes as an update) and then make a snapshot of this clean state and restore it on every reboot. Works like a charm for me.

tnguyen14 commented 9 years ago

I am running into this same problem where it prompts me "This copy of Windows must be activated with Microsoft before you can log on.". Clicking No just brings me back to this stage. Clicking Yes brings me to the dialog to enter the activation code. What is the best way to solve this issue?

tnguyen14 commented 9 years ago

Wondering if anyone has a good solution to this issue? I have reverted back to the clean state, but still am unable to log in or use the machine.

joeguilmette commented 9 years ago

Same issue, but only with XP.

quarklemotion commented 9 years ago

I had the same issue, just removed the XP VM in virtualbox, selected 'delete all files', then rebuilt (just) the win XP IE8 VM using:

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | env IEVMS_VERSIONS="8" bash

xdissent commented 8 years ago

Thems the breaks, unfortunately. The XP image expires after 30-days, and reverting to clean will not help. Sorry