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Kevin Smith

2005-04-28, 3:58 pm

I'm currently building a set of demo machine and I would like one of my
partners to use them, however I don't want them to use my MSDN key, is
there any way I can remove this and prompt them to enter a key on boot ?
The machines I have are 2003 server , Exchange 2003 and xp sp2

Thanks

Kev
Sylvain Lafontaine

2005-04-28, 8:56 pm

Take a look at SysPrep.

--
Sylvain Lafontaine, ing.
MVP - Technologies Virtual-PC


"Kevin Smith" <KevinSmith@community.nospam> wrote in message
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> I'm currently building a set of demo machine and I would like one of my
> partners to use them, however I don't want them to use my MSDN key, is
> there any way I can remove this and prompt them to enter a key on boot ?
> The machines I have are 2003 server , Exchange 2003 and xp sp2
>
> Thanks
>
> Kev



Kevin Smith

2005-05-06, 3:56 pm

I took a look at sysprep but I get "There is an incompatibility between
this tool and the Current Operating System". Unable to continue" , I
have windows 2003 enterprise sp1 and Exchange 2003 installed. I also
have the latest sysprep from the MSDN site

Any ideas ?

Kev


Sylvain Lafontaine wrote:
> Take a look at SysPrep.
>

Sylvain Lafontaine

2005-05-08, 3:55 am

Sorry for the wrong information but after doing a quick search for SysPrep
and Exchange on Google; I found that Exchange doesn't support SysPrep.

It's a shame that MS doesn't offer an easy solution to change the serial
keys of their software.

--
Sylvain Lafontaine, ing.
MVP - Technologies Virtual-PC


"Kevin Smith" <KevinSmith@community.nospam> wrote in message
news:%236O7AIjUFHA.1384@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>I took a look at sysprep but I get "There is an incompatibility between
>this tool and the Current Operating System". Unable to continue" , I have
>windows 2003 enterprise sp1 and Exchange 2003 installed. I also have the
>latest sysprep from the MSDN site
>
> Any ideas ?
>
> Kev
>
>
> Sylvain Lafontaine wrote:


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