> Apparently the next version of Parallels Desktop is going to make it
> easier to transfer across your "virtual machine" from Virtual PC and
> VMWare. It also will allow you to use your Boot Camp drive to boot in
> Parallels (and vice-versa).
>
> This leads to a legal question of how they'll deal with the Windows
> licensing problem when bundled with Virtual PC ... if they even bother
> to or simply leave it to the user to know they're not allowed to re-use
> it.

> In article <(email address - cut out)>,
> Barry Margolin <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>> In article <(email address - cut out)>,
>> Helpful Harry <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>>
>> > Apparently the next version of Parallels Desktop is going to make it
>> > easier to transfer across your "virtual machine" from Virtual PC and
>> > VMWare. It also will allow you to use your Boot Camp drive to boot in
>> > Parallels (and vice-versa).
>> >
>> > This leads to a legal question of how they'll deal with the Windows
>> > licensing problem when bundled with Virtual PC ... if they even bother
>> > to or simply leave it to the user to know they're not allowed to re-use
>> > it.
>>
>> From what you've written, it doesn't sound like it will even be an
>> issue. It sounds like they're going to provide a migration tool that
>> will allow you to extract all the files from the VPC virtual machine,
>> but you'll still need a new license for the Parallels virtual machine.
>
> It's still a little vague since it's only "what's coming". Simply
> transferring files from one system to the other can include all the
> files for Windows itself, unless they're purposely not transferring
> certain files / folders, which would be annoying for those who do have
> a legal license.
>
> Helpful Harry
> Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

> In article <(email address - cut out)>, "Colin Barnhorst"
> <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote:
>

> This new version of Parallels (build 3036) is out and it's causing a lot
> of Windows re-activations. In particular it's causing a problem for
> Windows installed under Boot Camp being run directly within Parallels.
>

> Since the licenses for the copies of Windows bundled with VPC are
> essentially OEM and not transferrable from an old computer to a new one, the
> issue you raise should make for some lively discussion. The license may
> restrict the software to usage with VPC.
>
> If it comes to it, one could obtain another copy of Windows and do a repair
> install on the system after transferring it to Parallels and that would cure
> the Windows licensing without disturbing the files, programs, and data.
>
> Whether or not the emulated hardware exposed by Parallels is different
> enough from that in VPC to trigger reactivation in the XP vm's is another
> potential issue though how much I wouldn't venture to say.
>
> And then those who have the Office bundle also have the Office license to
> consider.
>
> Have fun discussing!

> I doubt it. How you access a pc does not jeopardize the license. As long
> as you aren't virtualizing the pc partition and creating a whole new virtual
> machine I don't think it would be a problem. If Parallels were doing a p2v
> sytle capture then you would be right. But there are many ways to log into
> a pc (remote desktop, terminal services, Go To My PC, etc) and maybe this is
> more like those approaches.

> From what you've written, it doesn't sound like it will even be an
> issue. It sounds like they're going to provide a migration tool that
> will allow you to extract all the files from the VPC virtual machine,
> but you'll still need a new license for the Parallels virtual machine.

> In article <(email address - cut out)>,
> Helpful Harry <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
> > Apparently the next version of Parallels Desktop is going to make it
> > easier to transfer across your "virtual machine" from Virtual PC and
> > VMWare. It also will allow you to use your Boot Camp drive to boot in
> > Parallels (and vice-versa).
> >
> > This leads to a legal question of how they'll deal with the Windows
> > licensing problem when bundled with Virtual PC ... if they even bother
> > to or simply leave it to the user to know they're not allowed to re-use
> > it.
>
> From what you've written, it doesn't sound like it will even be an
> issue. It sounds like they're going to provide a migration tool that
> will allow you to extract all the files from the VPC virtual machine,
> but you'll still need a new license for the Parallels virtual machine.

> Since the licenses for the copies of Windows bundled with VPC are
> essentially OEM and not transferrable from an old computer to a new one, the
> issue you raise should make for some lively discussion. The license may
> restrict the software to usage with VPC.
>
> If it comes to it, one could obtain another copy of Windows and do a repair
> install on the system after transferring it to Parallels and that would cure
> the Windows licensing without disturbing the files, programs, and data.
>
> Whether or not the emulated hardware exposed by Parallels is different
> enough from that in VPC to trigger reactivation in the XP vm's is another
> potential issue though how much I wouldn't venture to say.
>
> And then those who have the Office bundle also have the Office license to
> consider.
>
> Have fun discussing!

>I know that I'm going to have to buy a copy of XP to use in Parallels
> when I get my MacBook, but I have a different question.
>
> I'm currently using VPC with Win2000 on my iBook. Is there a way to get
> all of my apps and files (except Windows, of course) into Parallels from
> VPC without having to manually re-install each one? As I don't yet have
> the MacBook, I'm a bit foggy on how this will work.
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Sandy
> my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
> http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

> Barry Margolin wrote:
> > From what you've written, it doesn't sound like it will even be an
> > issue. It sounds like they're going to provide a migration tool that
> > will allow you to extract all the files from the VPC virtual machine,
> > but you'll still need a new license for the Parallels virtual machine.
>
> The Parallels migration tool is called Transporter. There's an
> installer and an optional agent that allows you to remotely capture your
> Physical PC's or VM's drive(s) over the network, OR, you can image your
> machine into a Parallels .hdd on a drive and Transporter even creates
> the appropriate .pvs machine config file.
>
> Licensing, of course is a whole other story. I will "assume" users
> would be aware of the licensing implications of migrating a machine
> image. Either way most XP/2003/Vista copies will require re-activation
> in their new environment if they are not based on VLK media. Then of
> course there's WGA/SPP to keep you in line.

> Thanks so much, Colin! That's a *very* helpful guide to what I must do,
> and I appreciate your taking the time to write out such a detailed
> explanation. Now I just need to get my MacBook.... ;) But that's planned
> for right after Christmas. :)
>

>
> Apparently the next version of Parallels Desktop is going to make it
> easier to transfer across your "virtual machine" from Virtual PC and
> VMWare. It also will allow you to use your Boot Camp drive to boot in
> Parallels (and vice-versa).
>
> This leads to a legal question of how they'll deal with the Windows
> licensing problem when bundled with Virtual PC ... if they even bother
> to or simply leave it to the user to know they're not allowed to re-use
> it.
>
> Helpful Harry
> Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)