Imaging and Activation issue

[Guest]

Hello,

I have 12 PC’s in one classroom that I need to image with XP Pro. The issue
is that out of the 12 machines, there is a mixture of 3 different types of
HD, all the other hardware is identical. So obviously I’m getting activation
required for the machines that have a different HD than the machine I created
the image from. The machines identical to the machine I created the image
from, have no activation requirement after imaging.

My question, is there a script that someone knows of that can be run after
the imaging process to run the activation process? Or is there another way to
do it.

I image the machines several times a week, and need to find a solution to
this issue.

Thanks
-John

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

No, you'll have to manually activate manually if using
an OEM license.

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| Hello,
|
| I have 12 PC’s in one classroom that I need to image with XP Pro. The issue
| is that out of the 12 machines, there is a mixture of 3 different types of
| HD, all the other hardware is identical. So obviously I’m getting activation
| required for the machines that have a different HD than the machine I created
| the image from. The machines identical to the machine I created the image
| from, have no activation requirement after imaging.
|
| My question, is there a script that someone knows of that can be run after
| the imaging process to run the activation process? Or is there another way to
| do it.
|
| I image the machines several times a week, and need to find a solution to
| this issue.
|
| Thanks
| -John
|

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have 12 PC's in one classroom that I need to image with XP Pro. The
issue is that out of the 12 machines, there is a mixture of 3
different types of HD, all the other hardware is identical. So
obviously I'm getting activation required for the machines that have
a different HD than the machine I created the image from. The
machines identical to the machine I created the image from, have no
activation requirement after imaging.

My question, is there a script that someone knows of that can be run
after the imaging process to run the activation process? Or is there
another way to do it.

I image the machines several times a week, and need to find a
solution to this issue.

A volume license perhaps..?

 

[Darrell Gorter[MSFT]]

Hello John,
Use this paper to build your scripts:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/wpadepl.mspx
It includes some sample scripts.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

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[Guest]

Thanks for the replies.

-John