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Old 01-05-2006, 06:22 AM
Thomas Gebhard
 
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Default How to skip entering CD-key after sysprep?


Hi,

I preinstalled XP SP2 and activated it for my customer. In syspref.inf I
entered the CD-key in section [UserData] as ProductID (I also tried
ProductKey)="xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx". Then I resealed with sysprep.

Now my problem is, that XP always prompts for the key during Windows
Welcome?

What's goin' wrong here?

Tom
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Old 01-05-2006, 06:22 AM
Adam Leinss
 
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Default Re: How to skip entering CD-key after sysprep?

Thomas Gebhard <4newsgroups@sofortsurf.de> wrote in
news:do6g78$pb5$1@online.de:

>
> Hi,
>
> I preinstalled XP SP2 and activated it for my customer. In
> syspref.inf I entered the CD-key in section [UserData] as
> ProductID (I also tried
> ProductKey)="xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx". Then I resealed with
> sysprep.
>
> Now my problem is, that XP always prompts for the key during
> Windows Welcome?
>
> What's goin' wrong here?
>
> Tom
>


It should be ProductID, not ProductKey:

[UserData]
FullName="XXX"
OrgName="XXX"
ProductID="XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX"

Adam
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Old 01-05-2006, 06:22 AM
Thomas Gebhard
 
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Default Re: How to skip entering CD-key after sysprep?


Hi Adam,

I wrote that I tried both and none worked!

Tom


> Thomas Gebhard <4newsgroups@sofortsurf.de> wrote in
> news:do6g78$pb5$1@online.de:
>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I preinstalled XP SP2 and activated it for my customer. In
> > syspref.inf I entered the CD-key in section [UserData] as
> > ProductID (I also tried
> > ProductKey)="xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx". Then I resealed with
> > sysprep.
> >
> > Now my problem is, that XP always prompts for the key during
> > Windows Welcome?
> >
> > What's goin' wrong here?
> >
> > Tom
> >

>
> It should be ProductID, not ProductKey:
>
> [UserData]
> FullName="XXX"
> OrgName="XXX"
> ProductID="XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX"
>
> Adam


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Old 01-05-2006, 06:22 AM
dg1261
 
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"Thomas Gebhard" <4newsgroups@sofortsurf.de> wrote in message
news:do6g78$pb5$1@online.de...
> I preinstalled XP SP2 and activated it for my customer. In syspref.inf I
> entered the CD-key in section [UserData] as ProductID (I also tried
> ProductKey)="xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx". Then I resealed with sysprep.


IME, that only works for XP-Pro. XP-Home ignores that part of sysprep.inf
and always makes you manually enter it.


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Old 01-05-2006, 06:22 AM
Thomas Gebhard
 
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Default Re: How to skip entering CD-key after sysprep?


Hi,

> IME, that only works for XP-Pro. XP-Home ignores that part of sysprep.inf
> and always makes you manually enter it.


I think, that it does not matter, but it's XP Pro.

Tom
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Old 01-05-2006, 06:22 AM
Thomas Gebhard
 
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Default Re: How to skip entering CD-key after sysprep?


The solution: the ProductKey-Value must be set in oobeinfo.ini. In
sysprep.ini it only works with the mini-setup.

Tom
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