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Hi,<br />
Every time I reboot a Windows 7 virtual machine that is running on Hyper-V, Windows tells me Windows 7 needs to be activated. I type in the MAK activation code from my MS Volume licensing details and Windows accepts it. But a few days later after a reboot, the same thing happens again.<br />
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What am I doing wrong and how do I correct it?
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Hi,
Every time I reboot a Windows 7 virtual machine that is running on Hyper-V, Windows tells me Windows 7 needs to be activated. I type in the MAK activation code from my MS Volume licensing details and Windows accepts it. But a few days later after a reboot, the same thing happens again.

What am I doing wrong and how do I correct it?

Activating a Windows 7 virtual machine in Hyper-V

Hyper-V is a native hypervisor; it can create virtual machines on x86-64 systems and supersedes Windows Virtual PC as the hardware virtualization component of the client editions of Windows NT. A server computer running Hyper-V can be configured to expose individual virtual machines to one or more networks. Hyper-V Server supports remote access via Remote Desktop Connection. Administration and configuration of the host OS and the guest virtual machines is generally done over the network.

Hyper-V

Microsoft Virtual Server was a virtualization solution that facilitated the creation of virtual machines on the Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 operating systems. Virtual machines are created and managed through a web-based interface that relies on Internet Information Services (IIS) or through a Windows client application tool called VMRCplus. Features included Linux guest operating system support, Virtual Disk Precompactor, symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), x64 host operating system support, the ability to mount virtual hard drives on the host machine and additional operating systems support, including Windows Vista, and a volume shadow copy writer.

Microsoft Virtual Server

Windows 7 is an operating system from Microsoft. Features include multi-touch support, a redesigned Windows Shell with a new taskbar, referred to as the Superbar, a home networking system called HomeGroup, and performance improvements.