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3 (Optional) Type your Mac password to access the Boot Camp partition.
Fusion creates a virtual machine that uses your Boot Camp partition and starts Windows.
4 Follow the onscreen instructions and restart your virtual machine when prompted.
After Windows boots from your Boot Camp virtual machine, Fusion starts the installation of VMware
Tools. VMware Tools enables full virtual machine functionality and optimizes performance for your
Boot Camp partition when you use the partition as a virtual machine.
5 When the VMware Tools installation is complete, reboot your computer.
What to do next
The first time you power on your Boot Camp virtual machine after you install VMware Tools, you must
reactivate Windows.
Activate Windows in a Virtual Machine
In some cases you must activate Windows when you create, import, or migrate a virtual machine.
When you install Windows on a computer, you must activate it to use it. You activate Windows either over
the Internet or by phone with Microsoft Support. When the Windows operating system starts up, it checks
to see if it is running on the same hardware on which it was originally installed. If the hardware has
changed, the Windows operating system requires reactivation.
If you install Windows as a guest operating system in a new virtual machine, it requires activation the same
as if you had installed it on a physical computer. If you import a virtual machine from another source, if you
run the Boot Camp partition as a virtual machine, or if you migrate a physical PC to a virtual machine,
Windows recognizes that the virtual hardware is different.
The type of license you have for your Windows operating system can affect how you activate Windows after
you start to use it in a Fusion virtual machine.
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With an OEM license, Windows is tied directly to the hardware on which it was loaded by the
manufacturer. Most pre-installed versions of Windows have OEM licenses. OEM licenses generally
cannot be transferred to another computer, or to a virtual machine. If you use the Fusion Migrate Your
PC feature to migrate one of these types of systems to a virtual machine, you might be required to
purchase a second license (or product key) from Microsoft. If a second product key is required, you can
get that through the Microsoft representative when you call Microsoft Support to activate the operating
system now residing in the virtual machine.
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With a retail license, when you buy Windows from a vendor, the license enables you to change
platforms as often as you want. In this case, you can reactivate Windows over the Internet, or by phone
with Microsoft Support.
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With an enterprise license, you can move the operating system around freely.
Prerequisites
Install VMware Tools in the virtual machine before you activate Windows. VMware Tools keeps track of the
activation keys. Without VMware Tools installed, you must reactivate Windows each time you start up the
virtual machine.
Procedure
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Activate Windows online or by phone.
The Help and Support item on the Windows Start menu enables you to find specific information about
activation for that version of the operating system.
What to do next
If you have activation questions, contact Microsoft.
Using VMware Fusion
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