Re: Cloning OEM XP PC's?
- From: "William Stokes" <will@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:24:14 +0200
"Actually, you can ghost the original system DELL or HP and you don't
need to activate it when you restore your system from the images."
Not quite. I can Ghost restore the image to same PC without having to
activate it. BUT if I want to restore the image to another PC I need to run
Sysprep and in this case after restore the activation is required and anly
available via telephone.
I need to restore the image to other computers to save time with
OS&application installs.
-Will
"ANONYMOUS" <ANONYMOUS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> kirjoitti
viestissä:43D6F56E.39E61F28@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Dell & HP don't normally sell you without any OS. The only company that
> can install for you Volume Licensed OS is RM (http://www.rm.com/). You
> just need to give then your VLK and they will preload the OS for you
> before shipping. They can also clone the system for you in a hidden
> partition.
>
> I thought DELL has started cloning its systems except that you need to
> buy PC Restore recovery system by Symantec from DELL.
>
> Actually, you can ghost the original system DELL or HP and you don't
> need to activate it when you restore your system from the images. I
> don't know if this is what you meant!
>
> hth
>
>
> William Stokes wrote:
>>
>> Yeah.
>>
>> This licensing stuff just keep getting better. I Called our PC supplier
>> (DELL) to ask if we could purchase the PC's with no OEM OS. They said
>> yes,
>> sure but the price is the SAME with or without an WinXP!
>>
>> So if I want to start using Volume Licenses on new PC's, to avoid the
>> product activation after cloning, do I need to aquire Windows XP volume
>> licenses from MS reseller and pay for it full price? This would mean that
>> I
>> get one OS license with the OEM manufacturer and pay for another directly
>> to
>> Microsoft! This can't be right! What have I misunderstood? How large
>> companies normally handle their XP licenses?
>>
>> I really don't want to call to MS every time I have cloned (with Sysprep)
>> a
>> PC or restored one from image.
>>
>> Thanks
>> -Will
>>
>> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> kirjoitti
>> viestissä:%23io$SXNIGHA.2680@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > You've run up against once of those openings in a process that is now
>> > plugged up. There is a problem with the unauthorized use of Product
>> > Keys on OEM PCs. While the license key is valid, it is not used at the
>> > factory.There the OEMs use a master image (Different Product Key)
>> > and then apply the individual license sticker to the case or underside
>> > of the notebook. To stop this use of the OEM keys, Microsoft has
>> > the product activation disabled - forcing a phone call to activate. The
>> > major OEMs (HP, Dell & Gateway) may be affected but seems to
>> > vary between vendors. A Volume License version would be a better
>> > choice
>> >
>> > "William Stokes" <will@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > news:OUW4HRNIGHA.2948@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> 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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