Re: Disk imaging and XP SW keys

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LoneWolf wrote:
> I have a customer who is going to be purchasing about 10 computers
> a week, and shipping them to their customers all across the US.
> The hardware is all going to be the same for the near term. I know
> I can do a PXE boot, and run the imaging like that, but I keep
> running into the licensing thing. I can't really have hundreds of
> computers with the same SW key, can I? I want this to be legal,
> and need some advice here.
>
> Thanks for your help.

Look into :

http://unattended.sourceforge.net/

Particularly their way of entering different keys.. It would also be a good
idea - being the OEM and likely using the OEM version of the software - for
you to keep a list of Computer Serial Numbers in correspondence to the CD
Key you use to install on that PC - in case something happens.

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