No, because the installations now have an OEM
Windows XP license. The only way to change to
a VL license is a repair install.
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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/
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| don't you think repair install will be overkill for this task...
|
| Can't I run sysprep and invoke mini-setup to change the KEY from OEM to VLK
| & rejoin the machine in domain again.
|
|
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| KaPes
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| "Chance Favors The Prepared Mind"
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|
| "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
|
| > You'll have to use phone activation for each computer
| > or else perform a "Repair Install" using the VL CD
| > and Product Key.
| >
| > How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
| >
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
| >
| > Product Activation Changes
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/partners/productactivation.mspx
| >
| > Volume Licensing and Product Activation
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/activation_volume.mspx
| >
| > --
| > Carey Frisch
| > Microsoft MVP
| > Windows - Shell/User
| > Microsoft Community Newsgroups
| > news://msnews.microsoft.com/
| >
| >
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| >
| >
| > "KaPes" wrote:
| >
| > | Dear Forum Members,
| > |
| > | We have valid VLK license for XP, and at one of the remote site, a new
| > | engineer created a ghost image using OEM key and deployed it on 50 machines.
| > |
| > | Now those machine have gone into production and they have started asking for
| > | activation.
| > |
| > | so,
| > |
| > | Is there a way to stop the activation requests?
| > | Can we change the key of installation without reinstalling from OEM to VLK
| > | so that it doesn't ask for activation.?
| > |
| > | Thanking you all in Advance,
| > |
| > | -
| > | KaPes
| > |
| > | --
| > | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| > | "Chance Favors The Prepared Mind"
| > | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| >
| >
