How to do sysprep to make a image for my users and maintain the count on KMS server ?

[Motor Wu]

Dear all,

We just build the KMS server on Windows 2003 and want to make
it can activate the Vista client. As Microsoft website said, we need
25 client connect to KMS to request activation then the KMS can
activate all clients.

We just a testing lab, so I just use one PC to format and
install Vista then activate it to increase the count. I don't want to
install and insatll 25 times to make KMS count to 25. So I sysprep
(sysprep /generalize)the Vista as Microsoft website said to change its
CMID.

After sysprep, I try to connect to KMS server to increase the
count, but it didn't increase, remain the same. I also try the slmgr
-rearm to reset the CMID, it doesn't work.

I can reformat again and install 25 times to increase count to
25. But after testing period, all our users will use the same vista
image (after sysprep), the KMS will fail after 30 days, because it
does not increase any more!

How to do sysprep to make a image for my users and maintain
the count on KMS server ? Thanks.

 

[Zim Babwe]

Of course you do have a Volume License don't you? It sounds like you have
one copy and want to replicate it 25 times.

 

[Motor Wu]

Thanks your reply.
Sure, we have buy and got the Vista VL key for KMS, and the KMS server
is activated already. We just want to build a testing lab to test
Vista , but it need 25 PCs install with Vista to request KMS for
activation. Besides install 25 times of Vista, we want to use sysprep
to increase the count.