Carey :

This was never a problem before as I could just re-enter the license and activate the machine -
Now when I do this, MS needs me to phone in and activate the PC - At least 10 minutes per PC -
This is just a huge waste of time. There has to be a better was of cloning and being licensed
without having top go through all this.

Previously, cloning XP was easier but with all the license validations, it's become a
nightmare.

Is there a way to get a corporate license based on all the OEM licenses we have ?

Steve

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> Preserving OEM Pre-Activation when Re-installing Windows XP
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro.../oempreac.mspx
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> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows - Shell/User
> Microsoft Community Newsgroups
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/
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> "Steve Babcock" wrote:
>
> | All our IBM PCs come with OEM version opf the XP License.
> |
> | From time to time, we need to create a new image of the PCs.
> |
> | How do I activate (re-enter / activate) the individual license for each
> | PC since during the build, I only used and activated the one OEM
> | license.
> |
> | Steve