[License] Unattended installation of Xp / Downgrade from Vista

[Guest Remco]

We are a company wich regular install Windows Xp or downgrade Vista Bussiness

pc's / laptops to Windows Xp professional.

The idea wich i had was creating an unattended installation DVD with an

option menu etc.

The problem is this cd is pre-configured with a specific XP installation key.

Does Microsoft allow to let me install every pc with this DVD and use it as

a legal Windows Xp?

 

Because a Windows Xp Prof. Sp1 serial number does not work on a Windows Xp

Prof. Sp2 cd and i don't want to make different cd's.

 

I want to install a pc completely automatic with the application i select.

 

Anyone an idea how about the licenses work in this case?

[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: [License] Unattended installation of Xp / Downgrade from Vista

 

 

"Remco" <Remco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> We are a company wich regular install Windows Xp or downgrade Vista

> Bussiness

> pc's / laptops to Windows Xp professional.

> The idea wich i had was creating an unattended installation DVD with an

> option menu etc.

> The problem is this cd is pre-configured with a specific XP installation

> key.

> Does Microsoft allow to let me install every pc with this DVD and use it

> as

> a legal Windows Xp?

>

> Because a Windows Xp Prof. Sp1 serial number does not work on a Windows Xp

> Prof. Sp2 cd and i don't want to make different cd's.

>

> I want to install a pc completely automatic with the application i select.

>

> Anyone an idea how about the licenses work in this case?

 

You need to speak to Microsoft about their volume licensing scheme. This is

an issue that affects large corporate users whose IT departments want to

build an Operating System for all their deployed PCs and then just roll out

the same image to all the PCs. Thus we have several thousand PCs with the

same licence key on them.