Now I'm really confused, one answear says don't use the nlite key, one
answear says to use the nlite key ?
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your friend,
Larry


"David B." wrote:

> Often OEM PCs such as those from Dell, HP, etc will show a different product
> key installed than the one on the COA, this is perfectly normal as they use
> an image to load the drive with some type of OEM volume key, use the key
> that nlite found, not the key on the sticker.
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> "leoliver" <leoliver@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:25590774-F43E-4DA4-B6C4-67833DACFAE2@microsoft.com...
> >
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I have my original Dell WinXP Sp1a reinstall disk, that was shipped with
> > my computer , that already had Windows XP Pro installed. And the product
> > key
> > is found on a sticker on my computer's case.
> > When I recently used the nlite program, to slipstream my original install
> > disk, with the SP3 update , I noticed that nlite displayed a different
> > product key number, for the slipstreamed build.
> > Which brings me to ask, if I should manually input the original product
> > key into the slipstreamed build , or does each progressive service pack
> > update have a different product key number , than prior service pack
> > builds ?
> >
> > This is very impotent , because if a incorrect product key number is
> > inputed into the slipstream build , it would fail to reinstall Windows
> > when
> > needed.
> > Thanks !
> > --
> > your friend,
> > Larry
>
>