Customizing Volume License installation of XP

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Can I customize my copy of Volume License XP SP2 so that I don't have to type
in the product key everytime?
 
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My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
Can I customize my copy of Volume License XP SP2 so that I don't have
to type in the product key everytime?

You don't change the CD - you use sysprep and an answer file to insert the
key (ref.chm from the support\tools\deploy.cab on your XP CD) in the
unattend.txt file under UserData... It would look similar to this:

ProductKey = "XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX" (obviously X won't cut it.)

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