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    • Tom ElliottT
      Tom Elliott
      last edited by

      If you don’t believe me, maybe believe the documentation?
      [url]http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=5114[/url]

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        the_duke
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        [quote=“Lee Rowlett, post: 31748, member: 28”]you don’t actually have to specify unattend:unattend.xml if it’s in the default location i.e. C:\Windows\System32\sysprep\unattend.xml
        how many times has this machine been sysprepped? check /panther folder also. have you always had <ProductKey>xxx-xx etc in ur unattend.xml if so that would cause it to fail - try this: remove ur unattend file from sysprep folder, open sysprep.exe leave as is and click ok, when/if machine reboots goes to oobe and asks u for pc name press ctrl, alt F3. let me know the outcome btw just to check it is win7pro x64 on the machine isn’t it?[/quote]

        I haven’t actually been able to sysprep it at all. As far as the product key xxxx-xx, I just removed the actual key and put xxxx in its place to post on here. What I was describing earlier is what was happening when did try to go to audit mode…it just wasn’t working properly. I just reinstalled the win 7 pro x64 and hit ctrl shit f3 and now it is working properly. I’ll get back to it on Monday when I come back to work. Heading home now. Will let y’all know how it goes.

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        • Tom ElliottT
          Tom Elliott
          last edited by

          And from the documentation, just to stress it more:
          [quote]Make sure the answer file does not include product-key settings (Microsoft-Windows-Setup\UserData\ProductKey\Key or Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup\ProductKey), to avoid overwriting the product key already present in the OEM image. Inserting a blank entry may also result in an error.[/code][/quote]

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            braindead
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            [quote=“the_duke, post: 31751, member: 23777”]Ok, well I just put the install/repair disk that came with one of the laptops in one and I deleted all the partitions and am reinstalling windows. I just hope that it will sysprep properly this time around and be ok. Did you take a look at my unattend file and does that look good to you? I used a keyfinder and was able to obtain the key that way, I Xed out where I have the product key currently in the .xml file. Tom was saying to not have a product key field at all, so which is the way to go here?[/quote]

            [quote=“Tom Elliott, post: 31752, member: 7271”]You do not need to have a product key at all if you’re using the OEM disc![/quote]

            As Tom said above, if you’re using the OEM disc, then don’t worry about the key. Not just that, I’ll defer to Tom’s opinion rather than mine, as I too am still getting this all understood myself.

            I’ve never used OEM discs for our installs. We always get the systems downgraded already, then I just image them out.

            @Tom and @Lee- Is the product key field not required when imaging from other OEM machines? Is this because of the preinstalled OS license on the bios? If so, what’s the point of the OEM:SLP key?

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            • Tom ElliottT
              Tom Elliott
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              The product key field is not required because the OEM Disc already knows where to look on the bios to obtain the key. If you add a ProductKey field it doesn’t match what’s on the system and overwrites the systems key. The whole reason for needing the key is to tell the system how to activate. SLP takes care of this process for you. That’s the point of the OEM:SLP.

              I’ve built a VM and used the OEM Disc to create a “base” image. From that VM the system was not Activated, but when sysprepped/generalized, and placed on the machine the OEM goes with, all activates properly and works awesome. Gives me the ability to narrow down 12 systems to 2 images as we’ve got two “manufacturers” in our district. HP and Nexlink. Luckily all of the Nexlinks use the same SLP information and the HPs use the same SLP information.

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              • Tom ElliottT
                Tom Elliott
                last edited by

                And just for understanding of SLP:
                [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Locked_Pre-installation[/url]

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                  VincentJ Moderator
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                  have you tried including the whole path to your unattend? (I may have missed a bit since there have been a load of posts…)

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                    the_duke
                    last edited by

                    Ok, well after setting up the computer back up, all is well and working like it is supposed to.

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