However, some industry reviewers were concerned by the new licensing model and product activation system.
Upon its release, Windows XP received critical acclaim, with many noting increased performance and stability (especially in comparison to Windows Me), a more intuitive user interface, improved hardware support, and expanded multimedia capabilities. As such, Windows XP is the first consumer edition of Windows not to be based on the Windows 95 kernel and MS-DOS. An updated version of Windows 2000 was also originally planned for the business market however, in January 2000, both projects were scrapped in favor of a single OS codenamed "Whistler", which would serve as a single platform for both consumer and business markets. It is the direct successor to both Windows 2000 for professional users and Windows Me for home users, and was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and later to retail on October 25, 2001.ĭevelopment of Windows XP began in the late 1990s under the codename " Neptune", built on the Windows NT kernel that was intended specifically for mainstream consumer use. You're not trying to activate Win7 with a Server license, are you? That won't work at all.Windows XP is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft.
(And I see someone mentioned Win7 earlier. Consider them to be separate devices - each must have a proper license, and its appropriate key. But at bottom, you have to license at least two instances of Windows - the Hyper-V host, and each guest.
I'll also add that licensing is hard, so there's only so far we can help you here. I'd recommend you find someone who can help you with the basics. The documentation you describe is for using the license and media that would have come with the system if you bought Windows with the server - so it isn't really applicable to the situation.Įdit: It seems like there's some serious confusion about how licensing works. Presumably, you got the ISO for Windows from there - just go to the Product Keys area and use those to activate your system. If you bought your licenses via some sort of Microsoft Volume Licensing agreement, then your keys should be available within the VLSC portal.
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