"norm" <noone@afakeddomain.net> wrote in message
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Synapse Syndrome wrote:
> "Charlie42" <Charlie42@spam.me.not> wrote in message
> news:4A88633B-9CEF-4177-B832-FB1E7B12F1B4@microsoft.com...
>> "Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote:
>>
>> <snip> as far as I know, you are not supposed to use Home
>>> versions with it at all.
>> Microsoft's own Virtual PC software will work on Home Basic and Premium,
>> it's just not supported by the company on Home editions.
>
>
> It's not a matter of it not being supported. Home edition owners are not
> licensed to use it, so technically it is illegal for them to use it.
>
> ss.
>
>
The eula states that one cannot "run" vista home premium within in a
virtual machine, not that one cannot run a virtual machine on it.
MICROSOFT WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMIUM
ADDITIONAL LICENSE TERMS. The following additional license terms apply
to Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium.
4. USE WITH VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES. You may not use the software
installed on the licensed device within a virtual (or otherwise
emulated) hardware system.
As far as virtual pc goes, it is just a matter of the word "supported",
not the word "prohibited".

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norm
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Read that closely again - it does not say one cannot run VHP in a VM, just
that you cannot run the licenced copy on the real machine as a VM. If you
have a second VHP license, it can be installed to the VM.

Val