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garryash

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I have VMware player installed on win7 home desktop. When going onto internet from VMware does it use the security software (Norton360) or do I need to install its own antivirus software. I ask because it is asking me to connect to Microsoft within 29 days to register or it will stop working.
 
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getochkn
you would need to install it's own antivirus. The VM environment is like a mini pc running inside your PC and doesn't touch your actual internet connection so anything viruses won't pass through it.
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Yes asgetochkn said, you need to install it on the virtual machine as well.
- And btw the reason why it says "you need to connect to microsoft within 29 days to register or it will stop working" is because you are currently only using a trial version of windows 7.

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Zmokamok
 
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Zmokamok - Thanks for confirming about antivirus - I am using a full version of win 7 home premium, that I have had to reinstall on this desktop as it crashed and wouldn't restart however I tried. Since rebuild I have used the Win 7 desktop for over a week without any messages or problems. The message started popping up the day after I installed VMware and win xp from same xp disc that I originally installed it on this desktop and have been using it for almost a year until the win 7 crashed.
 
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