Dear Forum Members,

We have valid VLK license for XP, and at one of the remote site, a new
engineer created a ghost image using OEM key and deployed it on 50 machines.

Now those machine have gone into production and they have started asking for
activation.

so,

Is there a way to stop the activation requests?
Can we change the key of installation without reinstalling from OEM to VLK
so that it doesn't ask for activation.?

Thanking you all in Advance,

-
KaPes

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Chance Favors The Prepared Mind"
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You'll have to use phone activation for each computer
or else perform a "Repair Install" using the VL CD
and Product Key.

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Product Activation Changes
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/part...ctivation.mspx

Volume Licensing and Product Activation
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/activation_volume.mspx

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/


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"KaPes" wrote:

| Dear Forum Members,
|
| We have valid VLK license for XP, and at one of the remote site, a new
| engineer created a ghost image using OEM key and deployed it on 50 machines.
|
| Now those machine have gone into production and they have started asking for
| activation.
|
| so,
|
| Is there a way to stop the activation requests?
| Can we change the key of installation without reinstalling from OEM to VLK
| so that it doesn't ask for activation.?
|
| Thanking you all in Advance,
|
| -
| KaPes
|
| --
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| "Chance Favors The Prepared Mind"
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

don't you think repair install will be overkill for this task...

Can't I run sysprep and invoke mini-setup to change the KEY from OEM to VLK
& rejoin the machine in domain again.


--
KaPes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Chance Favors The Prepared Mind"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> You'll have to use phone activation for each computer
> or else perform a "Repair Install" using the VL CD
> and Product Key.
>
> How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
>
> Product Activation Changes
> http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/part...ctivation.mspx
>
> Volume Licensing and Product Activation
> http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/activation_volume.mspx
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows - Shell/User
> Microsoft Community Newsgroups
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/
>
>
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>
>
> "KaPes" wrote:
>
> | Dear Forum Members,
> |
> | We have valid VLK license for XP, and at one of the remote site, a new
> | engineer created a ghost image using OEM key and deployed it on 50 machines.
> |
> | Now those machine have gone into production and they have started asking for
> | activation.
> |
> | so,
> |
> | Is there a way to stop the activation requests?
> | Can we change the key of installation without reinstalling from OEM to VLK
> | so that it doesn't ask for activation.?
> |
> | Thanking you all in Advance,
> |
> | -
> | KaPes
> |
> | --
> | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> | "Chance Favors The Prepared Mind"
> | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>

No, because the installations now have an OEM
Windows XP license. The only way to change to
a VL license is a repair install.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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"KaPes" wrote:

| don't you think repair install will be overkill for this task...
|
| Can't I run sysprep and invoke mini-setup to change the KEY from OEM to VLK
| & rejoin the machine in domain again.
|
|
| --
| KaPes
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| "Chance Favors The Prepared Mind"
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
| "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
|
| > You'll have to use phone activation for each computer
| > or else perform a "Repair Install" using the VL CD
| > and Product Key.
| >
| > How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
| > http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
| >
| > Product Activation Changes
| > http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/part...ctivation.mspx
| >
| > Volume Licensing and Product Activation
| > http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/activation_volume.mspx
| >
| > --
| > Carey Frisch
| > Microsoft MVP
| > Windows - Shell/User
| > Microsoft Community Newsgroups
| > news://msnews.microsoft.com/
| >
| >
| > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Â*----------------
| >
| >
| > "KaPes" wrote:
| >
| > | Dear Forum Members,
| > |
| > | We have valid VLK license for XP, and at one of the remote site, a new
| > | engineer created a ghost image using OEM key and deployed it on 50 machines.
| > |
| > | Now those machine have gone into production and they have started asking for
| > | activation.
| > |
| > | so,
| > |
| > | Is there a way to stop the activation requests?
| > | Can we change the key of installation without reinstalling from OEM to VLK
| > | so that it doesn't ask for activation.?
| > |
| > | Thanking you all in Advance,
| > |
| > | -
| > | KaPes
| > |
| > | --
| > | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| > | "Chance Favors The Prepared Mind"
| > | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| >
| >