Re: Microsoft Windows Validation

Computers that run the Windows XP operating system use a security ID (SID) as a unique identifier.
If you use disk-duplication software, you must ensure the uniqueness of these security IDs.

The Microsoft Policy Concerning Disk Duplication of Windows XP Installations
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314828&Product=winxp

When you clone a Windows NT/2000/XP installation to many computers,
the destination computers have the same SID and computer name as the source
Windows installation. Because Windows NT/2000/XP networks use each computer's
SID and computer name to uniquely identify the computer on the network, you must
change the SID and computer name on each destination (client) computer after cloning.

Visit:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ghost.nsf/docid/1999050308324125?Open&src=sg&docid=2000081610075225&nsf=ghost.nsf&view=docid/2000081610075225?open&src=sg&docid=1999070716282425&nsf=ghost.nsf&view=8f7dc138830563c888256c2200662ecd/92c05c601bf35fb2882567a70080df54?opendocument&prod=norton%20ghost&ver=2003%20for%20windows%202000/nt/me/98&dtype=&prod=norton%20ghost&ver=2003%20for%20windows%202000/nt/me/98&dtype=&prod=norton%20ghost&ver=2003%20for%20windows%202000/nt/me/98&osv=&osv_lvl

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
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"Kim Stansel" wrote:

| I got this article recently
|
| http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1754864,00.asp
|
| I found on MS's site how to check validity
|
|
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/downloads/EnterProductKey.aspx?displaylang=en&End=http%3a%2f%2fwww.microsoft.com%2fresources%2fhowtotell%2fww%2fwindows%2fvalidation_xp.mspx%3fcc%3dww
|
| Here's my situation - we order lots of new machines at a time - we setup one
| PC and create a ghost image to send to all the new PC's to cut down on time
| spent setting up machines. This means that we are not - according to
| Microsoft - legal - which is not correct.
|
| I'm just trying to see if anyone else has put any thought into this - if you
| have the same situation.
|
| Kim Stansel
| Public Defenders Office

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