I haven't confirmed this as fact, just going on my experience, but if he
uses the key on the sticker and not the one the original Dell install media
uses, it is very likely he'll lose the Dell pre-activation when he does an
install using the slipstreamed CD he creates.
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"leoliver" <leoliver@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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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> 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
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>> >
>> > 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 !
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>> > your friend,
>> > Larry
>>
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