Legality of the XP Mode under VMWare

Hello

I have an old application that can be installed on Windows XP. I bought a new PC with Windows 7 Ultimate installed. If I managed to install XP Mode and run it with Virtual PC. Unfortunately, the application uses the parallel port (LPT1) with a hardware activation key. I understand that the parallel ports are not functional under Virtual PC so I decided to import XP Mode in VMWare Player Standalone converter. I had a problem of activation at the start of the imported virtual machine.
I followed the steps described in the following note on VMWare forum and my interpretation is that the solution is legal.
I also read the next note, but the answer is not clear enough.
I wonder if this is legal in all. I need a clear answer so I can ask the customer to buy a license or not. The virtual machine will still run on the original PC I just bought and the Virtual PC and XP Mode will always be installed on the PC but not executed.
Thank you

Hi Patrick

I would recommend that ask you this question on the forums of Windows Virtualization. Experts it should be able to answer.

Windows Virtual PC and XP Mode Forum:

http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7itprovirt/threads

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