Cloning OEM XP PC's?

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From: "William Stokes" <will@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 12:52:27 +0200

Hello,

I am trying to clone XP SP2 pc's that are purchased from HP with Windows XP
OEM licence. (Atleast it think so because there's the -OEM- part in the
product ID.)
All PC's have the XP product key sticker with the original product key in
it.

After image restore (with Ghost 8.3 and Sysprep run) the XP want's me to
activate the it. When I try activate it with the original product key from
the sticker the key is invalid!

Why is that? Do one need to have Volume Licenses in order to clone XP pc's?
Is there some way to get rid of the whole activation when cloning several
pc's? Can OEM XP's be cloned at all?

Thanks
-Will

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