I'm running on my Vista HD ( but same NIC as the Windows 7 installed on the other drive )

I have Virtual Machine 2007 ( ms ) running Window 7. Works fine but it tries to activate on line and then when it finds that key is in use it tells me it can't activate. Should I just switch it to manual and then ignore it or is the clock still going to tick down?

I guess my basic question is am I correct that a VM running the same OS as the box that is running it is just an extension of that box and isn't a separate machine and therefore should not require activation? Never recall anyone complaining about this so I figure I must have just done something to make it mad when I installed it.

Do you think if I mounted it from the Windows 7 HD it would be happier ? ( I just assumed it was the NIC that told it it was on the same box, not the HD )

>What's asking you to active? The OS or VM? Is this Windows VM 7? What OS are you running on the VM?
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>>I own Windows 7 Ultimate and have installed and activated it. Now I want to run a VM with Window 7. I installed the same on on the VM and now it is trying to activate and tells me i have 21 days left.
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>>I thought VM OS was covered under the EULA for the original OS? ? Does MS expect me to spend $300 for an OS for every VM I crank up, run for a while and then blow away? I am on the same box with the same NIC just testing MS Beta software. I have a backup of the VHD /VMS of course from right after I got it all set up. Do I have to blow away every 29 days and restore or what? Can't they tell I"m running in VM when i go to activate???