itsupport wrote: > Hello, > > I successfully installed windows xp on one of my machines, and everything > works except for product activation. I used the XP OEM disc, and the serial > on the side of the machine, but windows was unable to activate. I tried > another OEM serial just to double check, but that also did not activate. > During the installation process, I had to comment out several lines from the > TXTSETUP.SIF file because I kept receiving errors saying unable to find a > particular file. This was a solution I found by reading through the mailing > list response, but I now think this could be the potential source of the > problem. Any help/suggestions would be appreciated. > > Microsoft disabled the ability to Internet activate many OEM product keys back in Feb of 2005 (see http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/69878/microsoft-disables-oem-windows-product-keys.html).
The TechNet article, "Preserving OEM Pre-Activation when Re-installing Windows XP", implies that unattended installs from OEM media can be performed using a special product key provided in the article (MVF4D-W774K-MC4VM-QY6XY- R38TB for 32bit WinXP). See the TechNet article for more info: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/oempreac.mspx I've never tried that, so would be interesting to know if it works. -Shawn ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
