I made an assumption when I setup my winxpoem repository. Our company deploys IBM NetVista's and IBM Intellistations exclusively to end users. So, I copied the XP i386 directory from one of the IBM PC's to the network and use this as my winxpoem os install point. My assumption was that as long as I entered in the XP serial number that is located on the side of one of the IBM PC's, I would have no problem setting up unattended to take care of these machines.
Today I was testing out the XP install on VMWare when I was greeted with an error during the unattended install of Windows XP. It read, "Error: The Product ID you entered is not valid."! *groan* So my question is this, am I to assume that IBM has different oem "versions" (for lack of a better word) of Windows XP for the different machines that they use? The idea here is that we purchased copies of XP pre loaded (as if we had a choice!) on these machines and I thought we could get away with using unattended as long as I used the serial number on the machine. So where do I go from here? If this doesn't work I am thinking of just upgrading our company to some sort of site license for Windows XP Pro. Any suggestions as to what flavor of license I should go for? We only have less than 100 desktops that we deploy. As we add more users, we would like to add more licenses... etc. When you have a site license do you have a separate serial number for each PC that you need to keep track of? Or do you get a single serial number that you use for all installs? Kind of like our MS Office license? Please let me know your thoughts! This is a real pain in the arse! Michael ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
