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DWalker07
Lately I have found myself needing to reinstall Windows XP Pro for several
people, on desktops or laptops which have the 25-character OEM license key
on the COA sticker attached to the computer.
They have usually lost their reinstall CD, or else they don't have it with
them, and I happen to have an OEM reinstallation CD from the same
manufacturer. HOWEVER, if I install Windows XP using this CD, it doesn't
ask for the license key (and later investigation shows that it is
activated, using the OEM's preinstallation key or whatever it's called).
I know that I can do some stuff to get the key changed to the one on the
sticker, after installation, but I would really like to know how to invoke
the installation process, or even modify the CD (I know how to do that) to
ask for the product key during install.
Thanks for any help. Let me know if there's a better forum.
David Walker
people, on desktops or laptops which have the 25-character OEM license key
on the COA sticker attached to the computer.
They have usually lost their reinstall CD, or else they don't have it with
them, and I happen to have an OEM reinstallation CD from the same
manufacturer. HOWEVER, if I install Windows XP using this CD, it doesn't
ask for the license key (and later investigation shows that it is
activated, using the OEM's preinstallation key or whatever it's called).
I know that I can do some stuff to get the key changed to the one on the
sticker, after installation, but I would really like to know how to invoke
the installation process, or even modify the CD (I know how to do that) to
ask for the product key during install.
Thanks for any help. Let me know if there's a better forum.
David Walker