Windows keeps asking for activation

I installed windows through bootcamp (no problem) and when it asked to be activated I did (word to the wise, if using fusion wait until then). So after installing fusion I had to call Microsoft to reactivate Windows and Word. Now if I go into my partition directly, meaning not virtually, but through bootcamp it still asks me to activate windows.
What gives? I'm afraid that if I activate it, then fusion will ask to reactivate and the whole thing will keep going.
Help!

Hi and welcome to Discussions,
I assume that you used your BootCamp Windows for the Windows Installation in Fusion, right ?
Since Windows uses the native (physical) hardware when in BootCamp and virtualized hardware when in Fusion, it always thinks that it is running on a 'new computer' which leads to the reactivation process.
It might be possible to overcome this.
Have a look at the Fusion support page: http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/support.html
Good Luck
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