RE: Windows Activation following ASR Restore

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Hello,
It sounds like some of the files are mismatched versions or media type
files or even possibly some of the dlls are not properly registered( the
registry restored has issues, particularly since one of the accounts is
missing)
to test windiff the system32 of a working Windows Server 2003 install with
a volume license key with a broken one.

You should always be able to logon in Safe Mode with the "administrator"
account with activation issues. You can check the accounts to see if the
local admin account is still present or missing.
You can also register dlls that may not be registered.
use the file list in this article for the acitvation issue>
306081 "Error Code: 0x80004005? error message when you install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=306081
We don't see this type of problem with volume license media.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

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<We are testing Windows 2003 ASR (with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager).
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<The restore process goes smoothly (albeit longwinded) - but once the
server
<has rebooted, you cannot login with the configured local admin account that
<should have been restored (it says no account or incorrect password), BUT
<you can login as administrator with blank as the password. But then it
<complains that Windows needs to be activated - you are then given the
option
<to either activate or not. Either way it drops you back at the logon
screen.
<
<It's Windows 2003 Standard Edition, with Volume License Key. And ASR is
<kicked off with the same version of Windows. Apparently a lot of people
have
<this problem according to IBM (thinking it's a TSM problem) - but IBM
<believe this to be a Microsoft problem. There is no resolution to this
other
<than to rebuild.
<
<ASR requires pretty much all hardware to be identical - the only thing
<different were the disks. The server is an IBM e-series x345.
<
<Has anyone seen this before? I have done extensive google groups research,
<microsoft support, and general web search...but have turned up no answers.
<
<Any ideas?
<

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