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XP OEM number
Name: PC Ambulance Date: May 20, 2002 at 14:45:23 Pacific
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well heres the deal. im using ghost for restoring images, but i have no way of knowing the OEM number generated by the product key. so i cant just go change it in the resistry, looking for some type of utilty/program that i can enter the product key in and it will tell me what the oem number will be. its not that big of a deal in win9x because you dont have to resister, but in XP you HAVE to activate, and if i leave it with the same serial number as everyone else, then no one can register. anyone know where i can get one, or how i can find out ?? PLEASE help me out, this would be a great help, restoring an image takes 10 mins, compared to installing which can take up to 60 mins, and saves me alot of time. THANKS!!
Your post is unclear. What version of Ghost are you using? Ghost 2002 will ask you for a registration number generated by itself and it is the same number every time. You also need to enter that number before you restore an image. It appears on the boot up screen for Ghost. I use Ghost and it has never asked me for an OEM number. Please provide more details
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Response Number 3
Name: peter Date: May 20, 2002 at 16:54:50 Pacific
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now you know why MS put in acctivation with the product key.....
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Response Number 4
Name: chronic-XP Date: May 21, 2002 at 00:35:58 Pacific
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when i right click the my computer icon on my desktop and choose properties the serial number of my xp is right there under my name
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Response Number 5
Name: peter Date: May 21, 2002 at 18:33:50 Pacific
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chronic-XP thats NOT the activation number other wise known as the product key
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Response Number 6
Name: bluesparkle Date: May 22, 2002 at 05:31:30 Pacific
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use sysprep which is located on the original windows xp cd in \support\tools\deploy.cab extract all files to a folder on the network or local hd. complete your image with all programma's and adjustments to windows xp. then run sysprep.exe and choose minisetup as option. after finishing sysprep will shutdown your pc. Now run ghost of drive image to make an image. when restoring you will be asked to give a OEM serial for windows XP.
have fun.
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Response Number 7
Name: hamed Date: June 24, 2002 at 08:42:31 Pacific
Summary: I want to build a number of pcs with windows xp, and ordered an oem 3 set of disks which came with a cd containing Windows XP OEM Preinstallation Kit. I was just gonna set up XP and the applications a...
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