Monday, October 6, 2014

Install OEM Windows in VirtualBox

The following steps can be followed to install OEM windows onto a virtual box.

  • Create new virtual machine
  • Edit the .vdm file of the virtual machine and add the following content under the element.
<ExtraDataItem name="VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBIOSVendor" value="LENOVO"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiSystemVendor" value="LENOVO"/>
  • Install OEM Windows onto the virtual machine.

In the example, the OEM is for IBM Corporation.

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