Re: Changing Productkeys with SP2

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From: Carey Frisch [MVP] (cnfrisch_at_nospamgmail.com)
Date: 10/21/04 

Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 13:09:08 -0500

One can change the Product Key in the same manner with SP2 installed.

How To Change the Product Key at the Time of Activation
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810892 

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"Ulrich Wurst wrote:
| Hi,
| 
| could somebody enlighten me on the situation with changing Product-Keys 
| on Windows XPpro SP2? In several articles on SP2 I have read that it 
| will be no longer possible to change the Product-Key and activate with 
| the new key.
| 
| However this procedure is even suggested by MS in [1] and the way I use 
| to install my computers.
| All my computers (Dells) have a Windows XPpro OEM-license. Before 
| starting the computer I enter the machine's Productkey into a database 
| and then start the setup by booting from network. My automated 
| deployment (using unattend.txt) then installs the machine using the 
| generic key TTGHK-3RC33-BT9DR-3BVYV-BTQ98 from [1] and after the first 
| reboot retrieves the real key from the database I mentioned before. 
| After that I activate using the vbs-code also given in [1]. Can I use 
| this method after slipstreaming SP2 into my installation?
| 
| Thanks a lot,
| 
| Uli
| 
| 
| 
| [1] 
| http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/wpadepl.mspx

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