Virtual PC Trial

Question

Hi

I have downloaded a vhd with XP on it + preconfigured software system

But when I try to open it complains that trial period has expires

this soft is very important for me

vhd is about 3.5GB

how can I open this?

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.NET guy

Answer 1

No. You need to contact the Mystery Company about their vhd and any problems with their demo.

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MS-MVP - Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!

Answer 2

may be your' right

pardon me for that

theres a company that sells a software

I want to try that sofware. But I dont want to read all the installation and configuration documentation. I just want to try the software.

So that company distributes a vhd that has that software on it. other details are nonessential.

But to be clear I will explain

the sofware I want to try needs RDMS(=SQL Server 2005)

My host machine is Win2008r2 (=Windows  Server 2008 R2)

ERP is kind of software developed to control enterprises work. ERP=Enterprise Resource Planning

but again I dont think all thease details are usefull

I want to know If I can trick the guest OS to work properly by changing the system time or BIOS time

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.NET guy

Answer 3

You still aren't being clear about where you got this package and what you're attempting to do. I'm guessing that you've downloaded a vm preconfigured with some company's specialized software as a demo. If this is the case, then you need to contact the Mystery Company for help with their product/demo. Each instance of a Windows operating system needs its own Product Key and needs to be activated. It sounds like whoever created the vm didn't do this.

As I said, this is just a guess. I have no idea what "ERP", "RDBMS", and "2008r2" is supposed to mean.

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MS-MVP - Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!

Answer 4

Thanks for your attention

this is trial XP and this message is from XP.

when saying "preconfigured software system" I mean that everything that is needed to use the ERP is installed and configured and ready to be used(this includes installing RDBMS , creating DB, installing software,creating accounts, entering initial data,configuring software)

am I supposed to buy XP license just to take alook at this demo soft

using licensed soft is  good and my 2008r2 is licensed but I dont want to spend money for something that should be free and as I understand demo is supposed to be free

now  I want to know how XP determines that trial period is finished?

should I change BIOS time?

what time should I set it to?

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.NET guy

Answer 5

From where did you download this vhd? The message possibly refers to a trial of XP and not of Virtual PC which is free, or perhaps the "preconfigured software system" whatever that means. More details will enable me to help you more specifically.

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MS-MVP - Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!