Ghost and Windows XP Licensing

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I have bought 300 laptops with XP Pro already installed on them. Say I
create an image of the laptop that I want to go on all the rest of the
laptops. I have used the original XP OS that came from the factory when I
created the image, instead of loading our Volume Licensed copy of XP.

Am I in violation of anything by creating images this way, and passing them
down through future laptops?
 
The Microsoft Policy Concerning Disk Duplication of Windows XP Installations
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314828&Product=winxp

Do not disk duplicate installed versions of Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/162001/en-us

How to Use Sysprep: An Introduction
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/introduction.mspx

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

How to change the SID on a Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows NT computer
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ghost.nsf/docid/1999050308324125

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| Picture This:
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| I have bought 300 laptops with XP Pro already installed on them. Say I
| create an image of the laptop that I want to go on all the rest of the
| laptops. I have used the original XP OS that came from the factory when I
| created the image, instead of loading our Volume Licensed copy of XP.
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| Am I in violation of anything by creating images this way, and passing them
| down through future laptops?
 
Curtis said:
Picture This:

I have bought 300 laptops with XP Pro already installed on them. Say
I create an image of the laptop that I want to go on all the rest of
the laptops. I have used the original XP OS that came from the
factory when I created the image, instead of loading our Volume
Licensed copy of XP.

Am I in violation of anything by creating images this way, and
passing them down through future laptops?
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Why wouldn't you make the image using the Volume License?
 
This not very efficient as each of the 300 laptops needs to have it's own
individual product key or you will not be able to update your system and
will be nagged . If you load an image to each system you will have to use a
keychanger later to go to each system and change the Product Key. You should
create the image with the Volume License version of XP and then you do not
have to change the key.
 
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