I was hoping to move away from using VPC; however, some of the engineers at work feel that VMware is much slower than VPC so it looks like I am going to have to support both. This could double the work in this area.
When I got my portable I got the Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit. I didn't realize that I needed to have at least Windows Vista Enterprise. To upgrade is the Enterprise will cost $200. I think this is robbery.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=28C97D22-6EB8-4A09-A7F7-F6C7A1F000B5&displaylang=en
There is a OIT version of Vista Enterprise that I can get for free, but it requires KMS. If I use this and cannot connect to Tech the darn thing shuts down.
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/12/09/create-and-setup-your-own-windows-vista-kms-server-for-local-self-activation/
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/resources/vol/default.mspx
The connect and refresh has to happen every six months.
Multiple Activation Key (MAK)
Key Management Service (KMS)
Why on earth does MS sell a crippled OS and than make the upgrade path just like buying the original? Is that ethical?
Saturday, August 23, 2008
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