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Steve Maser
Here's the scenario:
We have a "campus license" for some MS products -- including Windows XP
Pro.
However, "personal computer" users can *not* use this license. They
must buy a "work at home" version of XP Pro -- with a different Product
Key. This is a recent change in licensing for us.
But, we would like to be able to continue install our "load set" onto
personal computers -- but this contains the "multiple install" version
of Windows XP Pro.
Does anybody know if there's a way to "cripple" an *installed* (and
patched) version of XP pro so that:
1) We can remove the "multiple install" product key
2) Upon next reboot of the computer (or some later prompt), the user
will be required to enter a different Product Key
We've found (through a quick google search) some apps that would
*replace* the product key with a different one.
But nothing that lets us *remove* the product key and not allow use
until somebody entered a product key later.
Anybody have any suggestions here?
Thanks!
- Steve
We have a "campus license" for some MS products -- including Windows XP
Pro.
However, "personal computer" users can *not* use this license. They
must buy a "work at home" version of XP Pro -- with a different Product
Key. This is a recent change in licensing for us.
But, we would like to be able to continue install our "load set" onto
personal computers -- but this contains the "multiple install" version
of Windows XP Pro.
Does anybody know if there's a way to "cripple" an *installed* (and
patched) version of XP pro so that:
1) We can remove the "multiple install" product key
2) Upon next reboot of the computer (or some later prompt), the user
will be required to enter a different Product Key
We've found (through a quick google search) some apps that would
*replace* the product key with a different one.
But nothing that lets us *remove* the product key and not allow use
until somebody entered a product key later.
Anybody have any suggestions here?
Thanks!
- Steve