Windows 10: Hyper V virtual machine creates new hardware ID every time it's restarted. How to prevent...

Hi All,I use hyper v to run one virtual machine. It's only running one piece of software which requires a license. The license is fixed to the hardware ID. Every time I shut down the VM and open it up again, the hardware ID resets, causing the software to not work as it's not registering the original hard ID it was registered to. Is there a way to prevent the hardware ID from changing and have it static?Thank you.

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Where is the Hyper V Manager, How to I start it ?

I am trying to setup an XP virtual Machine on Windows 10 Pro.

I followed the steps in Neil Peterson article of 5/9/2016.

System Requirements - done - ok

Install Hyper-V - done - ok

Create a Virtual Switch - skip

Create a Virtual Machine

Create a Virtual Machine with Hyper-V Manager

These steps walk through how to manually create a virtual machine and deploy an operating system to this virtual machine.

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  In Hyper-V Manager, click Action > New >
  Virtual Machine to bring up the New
  

Uhhhhhhhhh - this step obviously implies one knows

1) Where the Hyper-V Manager is

2) How to start the Hyper-V Manager

Isn't that odd ?

 

Hyper V Manager unable to create new virtual machine

Did you create a virtual switch? You'll need one to create a hyper-v machine.

 

Hyper V Manager unable to create new virtual machine

Hyper V Manager is unable to create new virtual machine. When I went and checked the event viewer I found this error message
The Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management service encountered an unexpected error: %%2147778704 (0x80048090).