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Using Microsoft’s Browser Test VMs in Virtual Box

Edit : this solution no longer works with latest Microsoft's vm :( .

If you are a web developer, you may have noticed that Microsoft's browser test virtual machines don't work out of the box in Sun VirtualBox.

Here's a step-by-step how-to you can follow to make them work like a charm : Using Microsoft's Browser Test VMs in Virtual Box

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  1. Another way to bypass the same uuid problem:
    You can change the uuid of a hard disk by typing the following command
    VBoxManage internalcommands setvdiuuid myharddisk.vdi

  2. Unfortunately the solution no longer works with the latest browser images. Windows complains about changed hardware and wants to be reactivated…

  3. eh.. really like this thoughts :) )


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