Windows XP reactivation

[Ashraf Massoud]

here is my problem, after i prepared our laptops here at work with
all the software we wanted and needed for the job, I sysprep'ed it and
made an image of it. now everytime I restore that image (and I have
had to several times on several users) and reboot the machine, i get a
message that says "you have xx days to activate and register windows"
where xx is the number of days, eveytime i restore this image, the
number of days is decreasing. eventually it will expire and when i
restore the image i assume i will get a message saying windows
activation period has expired and I will not be able to boot or get
into windows xp. is this true? if it is, is there a work around,
thanks in advance

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Ashraf,

See if these articles provide any help.
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

"Error 0x80040605 Re-arming" Error Message When You Try to
Run Riprep.exe or Sysprep.exe on Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308554

 

[Ashraf Massoud]

Thank you so much for your information, it would appear to be right on
point and I will try it first thing in the morning. May I ask you a
few more questions to clarify some things in the article... I get
this exact message,

Note On the fourth time that you run Sysprep.exe on the same
media, you
receive the following message: Your grace period limit has been
reached and
will not be reset.

The articale suggested that one use " Microsoft Volume Licensing"
which for me is not an option but at least now I understand why it is
happening.. thank you.

The other article, stated that the "RESOLUTION To work around this
behavior, prestage the master computer again by creating a clean
installation of Windows XP Professional."

By Clean do they mean totally from scratch?? like reformat drive and
start over?? gosh I how not. The version of sysprep that i am using
is a windows version, and is wizard driven, where and how do I enter
the following command as suggested by the article...

To avoid resetting activations with Sysprep.exe, you would use the
sysprep -activated command once it as been previously activated. This
command prevents the grace period for Windows Product Activation from
being reset. Use this option only if you have activated the Windows
installation in Factory mode.

At this point I only have one day left and would greatly appreciate it
if you emailed me directly at (e-mail address removed).

Hi Ashraf,

See if these articles provide any help.
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

"Error 0x80040605 Re-arming" Error Message When You Try to
Run Riprep.exe or Sysprep.exe on Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308554

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

here is my problem, after i prepared our laptops here at
work with all the software we wanted and needed for the
job, I sysprep'ed it and made an image of it. now
everytime I restore that image (and I have had to several
times on several users) and reboot the machine, i get a
message that says "you have xx days to activate and
register windows" where xx is the number of days,
eveytime i restore this image, the number of days is
decreasing. eventually it will expire and when i restore
the image i assume i will get a message saying windows
activation period has expired and I will not be able to
boot or get into windows xp. is this true? if it is, is
there a work around, thanks in advance

 

[Bert Kinney]

Yes, clean install refers to format and install.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

Thank you so much for your information, it would appear
to be right on
point and I will try it first thing in the morning. May
I ask you a
few more questions to clarify some things in the
article... I get
this exact message,

Note On the fourth time that you run Sysprep.exe on
the same
media, you
receive the following message: Your grace period limit
has been
reached and
will not be reset.

The articale suggested that one use " Microsoft Volume
Licensing"
which for me is not an option but at least now I
understand why it is
happening.. thank you.

The other article, stated that the "RESOLUTION To work
around this
behavior, prestage the master computer again by creating
a clean
installation of Windows XP Professional."

By Clean do they mean totally from scratch?? like
reformat drive and
start over?? gosh I how not. The version of sysprep that
i am using
is a windows version, and is wizard driven, where and
how do I enter
the following command as suggested by the article...

To avoid resetting activations with Sysprep.exe, you
would use the
sysprep -activated command once it as been previously
activated. This
command prevents the grace period for Windows Product
Activation from
being reset. Use this option only if you have activated
the Windows
installation in Factory mode.

At this point I only have one day left and would greatly
appreciate it
if you emailed me directly at (e-mail address removed).

Hi Ashraf,

See if these articles provide any help.
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

"Error 0x80040605 Re-arming" Error Message When You Try
to Run Riprep.exe or Sysprep.exe on Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308554

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

here is my problem, after i prepared our laptops here
at work with all the software we wanted and needed for
the job, I sysprep'ed it and made an image of it. now
everytime I restore that image (and I have had to
several times on several users) and reboot the machine,
i get a message that says "you have xx days to activate
and register windows" where xx is the number of days,
eveytime i restore this image, the number of days is
decreasing. eventually it will expire and when i
restore the image i assume i will get a message saying
windows activation period has expired and I will not be
able to boot or get into windows xp. is this true? if
it is, is there a work around, thanks in advance