Hello Randy,
Which really makes it sound like the media that was used to create the
image was not VL media then or the image is corrupted somehow?
All setup does ( or sysprep in this case) does is pass the product key from
the unattended file(sysprep.inf) to the OS for validation at this point.
Can you boot to the cd and enter the key, does it work that way?
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
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| Darrell: Thanks for your reply. The key is in plain text. I've tried
| with surrounding quotes and without in the sysprep.inf. The CD media
states
| it is for VLA use, and that is what I'm using (did check to make sure it
was
| the correct VLA license number).
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|
| | > Hello Randy,
| > Sysprep is the only supported way to change the system SIDS.
| > This really sounds like a media and product key mismatch, this has
nothing
| > to do with sysprep. Sysprep doesn't change the product key that needs
to
| > be used, it only removes the product key entries from the system. Then
it
| > simply takes the product key from the sysprep.inf file and makes it
| > available to the system. The media that was used to create the image
then
| > determines whether the product key is correct for the that media..
| > Is the product key encrypted or in plain text?
| > Thanks,
| > Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
| >
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| > | Sysprep.inf has the valid VLA license for our University, yet when
| > rebooting
| > | this ghosted-syspreped clone, it says it is invalid and prompts for a
| new
| > | one (although it will not go any further, no matter what license
number
| > you
| > | type in). XP was initially installed on the system using this number.
| > I'm
| > | about to give up and use Ghost Walker, as I don't see any real benefit
| > from
| > | sysprep if there are not hardware issues between systems. Appreciate
| any
| > | feedback.
| > |
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