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1.11.2009

VMWare : Choose Move, and not Copy

For such a long time I didn't understand why there's two options when starting up a duplicated VMWare OS: Copied it and Moved it. Now I know it, and it's extremely critical for Vista and Windows 7. If you choose "Copied it" then all the virtual hardware will be treat as new, and thus you have to REACTIVATE your Windows OS! So MAKE SURE you choose "Moved it" so that you can keep your OS activated.

Some other tidbits while testing Windows 7 in VMWare:

  • VMWare Tool doesn't seem to provide a proper 64 bit video driver for Vista or Windows 7 64 bit, althought the primitive driver that comes with Windows 7 seems to work just fine. 32 bit has no driver problem.
  • Sonar 7 comes with 64 bit version, and I am installing it on Windows 7 64 bit now just to see how good it works. (Result: very usable)
  • I need saperate Product Key to activate 32 bit and 64 bit. Seems like Microsoft is very straight on the whole Windows activation thing.
  • KMPlayer runs VERY SLUGGLISH on both the 32 bit and 64 bit enviornment even after I installed the lastest version.

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