Re: Cloning with XP?

From: Steve (sphillips_at_statusone.com)
Date: 05/18/04 

Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 15:13:52 -0700

Yes but I want to make sure I get this right.

Here is what I'm going to do. We have 50 laptops in a
classroom that I want to reimage say once a month. So I'm
going to Build a model computer, run sysprep & then image
that. So when I clone the computer to the 50 laptops &
then boot them up they come to the registration part where
I put in product key for Windows & username/computer name,
etc. Then you ahve to do online activiation I take it.
Does this mean I can only reimage them 3 times & then I
can't anymore?

Can you tell yet that I'm just getting into this stuff &
trying to learn ;) Thanks for all the help.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Steve,
>
>No, I believe that means that you can run Sysprep with
the directive to
>reset activation up to three times on the same
installation of the operating
>system. So, if you install XP, and run Sysprep with
instructions to reset
>the activation, you can run Sysprep again (and tell it to
reset the
>activation) two more time.
>
>Does that make more sense?
>
>--
>Mike Kolitz MCSE 2000
>MS-MVP - Windows Setup and Deployment
>
>
>"Steve" <sphillips@statusone.com> wrote in message
>news:ed9101c43d0f$b0800440$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> Question on this article:
>>
>> 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 Activation with Retail Media Windows Product
>> Activation is designed to work with drive imaging
products
>> that are available from third-party manufacturers. You
can
>> use the Sysprep utility that is included with Windows XP
>> to reset activation up to three times.
>>
>> After Windows XP is imaged and then deployed, Windows
>> Product Activation initiates the activation timer, which
>> resets the installation ID (and enables the full grace
>> period) at first start after the installation of Windows
>> XP is complete on the target computer. Unlike Volume
>> Licensing, unique product keys are required for each of
>> the target computers. However, a manual telephone call
is
>> not necessary as long as the target computers have
>> Internet connectivity and the product keys are valid; in
>> that case, the computer activates online automatically."
>>
>> -----
>>
>> I've been working on this for hours & getting kinda
fuzzy.
>> I have a classroom with 50 laptops with XP Pro. Does
this
>> mean that I can only reimage them 3 times & then I can't
>> anymore? I want to be able to reimage when we are done
>> with a training to be fresh for next wave of people.
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