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immigrant
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XP won't stay activated in VMware fusion

I have installed XP Pro OEM inside VMware fusion on a Mac Book Pro with the Leopard O\S. After XP installed I was asked to activate. I activated with a message saying it was successful. Then a message pops up saying that I need to activate. I try to activate and it again and I get a message that it has expired and I have to call Microsoft. I called Microsoft and activated it again but as soon as I get the message it activated successfully and try and log on I get a message that XP's activation has expired.

Any help would be great

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MandarMS
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Expert

Are you using Boot camp as virtual machine?

Have you installed VMware Tool after activating the Windows in virtual machine?

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