Cloning OEM XP SP2's and sysprep?

[William Stokes]

Hello,

Is it possible to deploy images to different workstations and avoid the XP
activation after sysprep if the image is created from WinXP SP2 machine with
OEM license?

OEM XP versions are supposed to be used only with the hardware they are
delivered with. But if there's lots of PC's all with single OEM license it
would be easier to clone that setup all PC's individually using the
pre-installed setup.

Thanks
-Will

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Preserving OEM Pre-Activation when Re-installing Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/oempreac.mspx

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Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
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| Hello,
|
| Is it possible to deploy images to different workstations and avoid the XP
| activation after sysprep if the image is created from WinXP SP2 machine with
| OEM license?
|
| OEM XP versions are supposed to be used only with the hardware they are
| delivered with. But if there's lots of PC's all with single OEM license it
| would be easier to clone that setup all PC's individually using the
| pre-installed setup.
|
| Thanks
| -Will