Grace Period Timeout

[Guest]

Hi,

I Currently have a problem with the XP grace period before activation.

I build a pc with the company apps that I need on it then go to sysprep the
image and it comes up with 'Your grace period has been reached and will not
be reset'

This causes a problem when deploying the image on other pc's as the image is
redundant after 30 days of it being created.

e.g. create image on 1st sept - can deploy on other pc's in sept but when
deploy the image on a pc in Oct it has expired and wont let me log on.

Pls Help

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

In Windows XP Professional, Sysprep can reset Windows Product Activation a maximum of three times.
When a computer running a disk image that was prepared with Sysprep is restarted, the activation timer is
reset and the installation of Windows XP Professional is enabled with the full grace period for Windows
Product Activation. After three resets, the activation timer is no longer reset. To prevent resets of the
activation timer, run Sysprep from the command line, and include the -activated parameter and the
-reseal parameter, as shown in the following example:

sysprep -activated -reseal

How Sysprep Works with Windows Product Activation
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prbc_cai_ztee.asp

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

:

| Hi,
|
| I Currently have a problem with the XP grace period before activation.
|
| I build a pc with the company apps that I need on it then go to sysprep the
| image and it comes up with 'Your grace period has been reached and will not
| be reset'
|
| This causes a problem when deploying the image on other pc's as the image is
| redundant after 30 days of it being created.
|
| e.g. create image on 1st sept - can deploy on other pc's in sept but when
| deploy the image on a pc in Oct it has expired and wont let me log on.
|
| Pls Help