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v2v: Document 7B boot problems with Windows Group Policy.

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=head2 OpenStack and Windows reactivation
OpenStack does not offer stable device / PCI addresses to guests.
Every time it creates or starts a guest, it regenerates the libvirt
XML for that guest from scratch. The libvirt XML will have no
E<lt>addressE<gt> fields. Libvirt will then assign addresses to
devices, in a predictable manner. Addresses may change if any of the
following are true:
=over 4
=item *
A new disk or network device has been added or removed from the guest.
=item *
The version of OpenStack or (possibly) libvirt has changed.
=back
Because Windows does not like "hardware" changes of this kind, it may
trigger Windows reactivation.
This can also prevent booting with a 7B error [see previous section]
if the guest has group policy containing
C<Device Installation Restrictions>.
=head1 UEFI
VMware allows you to present UEFI firmware to guests (instead of the