@BusyKid508 can you please help me out, i'm following the same guide as you, and following the guide to the letter using SLP2.0.bin file, i can get vista to activate correctly. however using the same guide the exact same steps, using a SLP2.1.bin file it will not activate Vista or Win7..... but i know that this SLP2.1.BIN works correctly when it is used on a phy. machine for both VISTA & Win7. can you please teach me just what extra steps are needed to get SLP2.1.bin working for VMWARE? thanks,