Volume License Product Key Invalid with factory OEM

[Adam Kuhn]

After building a golden image off of a factory
build of WinXP on a IBM Thinkpad X31, I'm stuck with a
retail oem version of XP that's not deployable with my 30
new laptops and our volume licensing key. I now
understand this. My bad.

Here's the real question: Does anyone think that one can
use the MS Volume License Media and Activation Key to
REINSTALL OVER the factory OEM build to turn the image
into a deployable version of XP as it's meant with Volume
Licensing? Or, do I have to start all over with a fresh
install using the MS XP Media and wipe the oem version
clean off the unit?

Thanks for your suggestions.

Adam Kuhn
Edison Electric Institute
Washington, DC

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

Adam,

The first thing to do is contact the OEM and your Microsoft Volume Licensing
sales rep to discuss if the replacement of the OEM license with one of your
VL licenses can be done without incurring any additional licensing cost to
yourself, as may be the case as it may be seen that each new VL license you
deploy requires you to pay for that license, or you may be able to just
"swap" out the OEM build with your VL build without this additional cost.

Once you have this sorted you will then need to prepare a new image based on
theVL build on a clean machine. You can then image and deploy this VL Media
build.
The first step above is the most important to ensure you are not in
violation of your Volume Licensing contract etc.



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[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You'll have to use a Volume License CD and start over.

How to Use Sysprep with Windows Product Activation or Volume License Media to Deploy Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;299840&Product=winxp

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| After building a golden image off of a factory
| build of WinXP on a IBM Thinkpad X31, I'm stuck with a
| retail oem version of XP that's not deployable with my 30
| new laptops and our volume licensing key. I now
| understand this. My bad.
|
| Here's the real question: Does anyone think that one can
| use the MS Volume License Media and Activation Key to
| REINSTALL OVER the factory OEM build to turn the image
| into a deployable version of XP as it's meant with Volume
| Licensing? Or, do I have to start all over with a fresh
| install using the MS XP Media and wipe the oem version
| clean off the unit?
|
| Thanks for your suggestions.
|
| Adam Kuhn
| Edison Electric Institute
| Washington, DC
|
|

 

[Dave]

I had the same issue and I just used the Volume License Media to
install over the top of the retail version. It does work, but I would
not recommend doing it this way since you are planning to use the box
as an image. Any time you are using a box for an image, you would
want to make sure that the OS is in a prestine condition or there is a
chance that you will have issues down the road.