No, legally you must have a separate license of Windows for each
installation, even multiple VMWare or Virtual PC installations on one
machine.

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David Cornelius
http://corneliusconcepts.com

"B Miller" <bmiller@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:6EC17FC8-67B8-401F-8D3A-F87B1A3D9D2F@news.elevatesoft.com...
>I installed VMWare and now I need an operating system.
> What about activating Windows XP?  Is it a one-time thing for the
> individual virtual machine?  Will MS allow multiple activations?
>
> B Miller

For those of you interested, the New York Times ran a piece on VMWare today:

A Software Maker Goes Up Against Microsoft
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/24/technology/24soft.html

Jerry

Developers with an active MSDN subscription can use one of their 10
licenses for each VM of course.

/Matthew Jones/