OEM license activation for Windows 10 Home VirtualBox guest, on Ubuntu host

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## Context

Three years ago my company got me a Lenovo T550 avec Windows 10 Home installé on it (my understanding is that c'est called "OEM"). I immediately erased tout to installer Ubuntu on it.

Malheureusement from maintenant on I will need to use Windows 10 a few times a week for legacy reasons, but my main work is encore on Ubuntu, so Je suis thinking of **running Windows 10 within VirtualBox within Ubuntu**.

## Lenovo recommendation

Lenovo told me that my Windows Home license is somehow linked to my matériel (firmware?) and that Windows will automatiquement find this out. They pointed me to [this page](https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht000616):

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The installation of Microsoft Windows Server 2008,2008 R2 SP1, 2012, and 2012 R2 from Lenovo OEM media to such a machine virtuelle will fail until the virtual BIOS a été updated to include this information. setVMBIOS.exe performs this function for servers using Microsoft Hyper-V technology.

Consult your hypervisor vendor for information on comment perform this function on other hypervisors. [...] The fix resolves this problème by **adding Lenovo information vers le virtual BIOS**.

*Note: That page ne mention Windows 10 Home, but Je suppose the same applies?*

## VirtualBox

Comment apply Lenovo's recommendation to VirtualBox? (5.2.18)

Right maintenant J'ai out-of-the-box VirtualBox and the VM I créé yesterday avec standard paramètres ne activate:

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Windows n'est pas activated. Windows reported that no clé de produit was found sur votre périphérique. Erreur code: 0xC004F213

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On the Ubuntu host, tapez this command:

```
sudo strings /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM

```

Cela va print out a few lines, the last line being the activation clé contained dans le laptop's firmware:

```
MSDMU
LENOVOTP-N11
PTEC
#####-#####-#####-#####-#####

```

Withdans le Windows guest:

- Cliquez sur le search loop.

- Tapez `activation`.

- Cliquez sur le `Activation settings` item that appears.

- Cliquez sur le `Change product key` bouton.

- Entrez the activation clé obtained from Ubuntu command above.

- Click `Activate`.

- The following should appear:

At least that a fonctionné for me :-)