On 10/28/2011 10:27 AM, yerk55 wrote:
> My friend bought 2 laptops for her son and daughter. After the first
> one arrived, I cleaned out the bloatware and threw on some AV, etc.
> And captured a ghost image of it.
>
> The 2nd laptop came in and its an identical model as the first. So I
> can save a lot of time pushing down the ghost image I have to this
> machine. But then they will have duplicate Windows keys.
>
> Is there anyway, after ghosting, I can take the Windows key on the
> sticker on the bottom of the laptop and pop into the registry of the
> machine after the fact?
>
> Thanks much in advance!
How to change the product key at the time of activation
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810892
John