RIS - Deploying OEM OS

[Guest]

Hi guys,

We're looking at RIS in our test lab now and are quite pleased with it. The
big question is how to deploy images to computers that have windows
pre-installed that have their own license key.

What we've done so far is use one of our XP Pro MVL cds to build our
initial RIS install. We've then used that RIS install to build a PC, put all
the latest updates and basic apps on and then run riprep to get our
deployable image.

Having proved that RIS works for us, I want to be able to use RIS to quickly
restore Windows onto computers that have failed. The way I see it just now,
I'd have to purchase a XP Pro license for each existing PC. This seems daft
when each PC already has a pre-installed license.

Can anybody give me some advice?

Cheers,

Steven.

 

[NIC Student]

The XP licenses that were preinstalled are valid. To replace the
preinstalled OS with your volume license OS during a rebuild would also be
valid. Just keep records on the OSs that were preinstalled so you can prove
ownership.