Matt_Fries
Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:42:34 -0800
I ran into the same problem myself. I believe that it's because the TYPE of license key you are entering isn't the same type as the media requires. If you have a retail copy of windows, and try to use a volume license key, it just says invalid key. Also, to make things more confusing, I think Dell tries to pull a fast one on you. There is a key in the unattend.txt file, but if you install windows using the CD, and run the jellybean keyfinder, you will see that windows has an even DIFFERENT key than what was listed in unattend.txt. The keyfinder is the one that I used with my CD, and I changed the second line in my SETUPP.INI file to be: Pid=76487OEM That seemed to work OK for me. You may need to try it yourself. Mike Wedge <mikewedge...@gmail.com> 02/03/2010 04:30 PM To matt_fr...@cbca.com cc Subject Re: [Unattended] Using Dell OEM install media as source of OS installfiles My question is though, I have all of the dell files in my os folder and I am installing on dell hardware.. why does it tell me the key in the unattend.txt is invalid when I use unattend but not when I use the cd itself for the installation. On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 11:20 AM, <matt_fr...@cbca.com> wrote: The Windows XP with dell ships with their PCs already has an unattended.txt file with a Product key already entered. The media essentially requires an OEM license key. There are different kinds of license keys for use with windows: Volume License OEM Retail and I think maybe System Builder Dell's version of windows has some customized files (OEMBIOS.*) that look at your hardware to make sure that you are actually running a DELL computer. If you are, then it uses the ProductKey in unattended.txt and doesn't ask for activation. You can change the type of license key that is required by playing with the values in the SETUPP.INI file in the i386 folder. Do a web search for that filename, and you will find a lot more info. Mike Wedge <mikewedge...@gmail.com> 02/03/2010 02:09 PM To unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net cc Subject [Unattended] Using Dell OEM install media as source of OS install files My organization uses Dell machines heavily and since we are a public research institution with international researchers going in and out every day, we are constantly doing re-installs. We use the dell installation media because it's quick and simple and does not require your to input the cd key and you can reintall on a dell machine as many times as you like. When I boot and install off the cd, it works fine. When I copy the files on the cd into unattend and do the install using the cd key in unattend.txt on the cd it tells me that the cd key is invalid. 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