Re: PID questions

From: JC (JCBSQ_at_nospam_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/13/04 

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 14:06:22 -0700

Chris,
See answers below.

HTH,
JC 

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"Chris" <chrisx@NOSPAM.com> wrote in message 
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> We are looking to deploy XPe to 100+ target machines but are unclear about
> how the PID allocation works (even after reading Microsoft's
> documentation!!!)  Due to the large number of target machines we only want
> to have to build a single image.
[JC] So You have to have one Sticker on each device you ship. (they have to 
be physically affixed to the device, somewhere)
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> Q1) Do we have to either A) Enter a new PID, build the image and deploy it
> to each device OR B) Use the System Cloning Tool?  Is there an 
> alternative?
> Is there any way to enter the PID when FBA runs on each target so that 
> each
> target machine has a different PID?
[JC]When Building in TD, you do not have to enter a different PID for each 
device... just pick one, and clone based on that one. As long as you have a 
sticker on each device, MS will consider you compliant.
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> Q2) Can multiple machines have the same PID as long as we've purchased a
> sufficient number of licenses?
[JC] Yes. See above response
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> Q3) If we use the System Cloning Tool then can the image be deployed to 
> each
> target machine using a CD or does the target have to be physically 
> connected
> to the master machine?
[JC] you can use the system cloning tool, in conjunction with SDI and El 
Torrito CD ROM, to create a bootable, transferrable image. Alternately, you 
can use a network tool to bring down over the wire as well.
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