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SlipDisc WinXp

tyler811

tyler811

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I have 4 pc's all with legal versions of Windows XP Pro with the Cd and product key number.

Today I made a slipdisc with SP3 for my main computer. This way it is alot faster to reinstall Windows instead putting in the CD with SP2 and then loading in SP3.

Is it legal to use this slipdisc on the other computers to reinstall windows as long as I use the proper and legal product key assigned to each computer?
 
I suggest you make a copy on a different brand of CDR. I went to the trouble of making a slipstream of XPSP2, only to find the CDR I was using went bad. Unfortunately, I only had the one copy. Drat! I had to go through the entire process again, which isn't really that simple.

BTW, if you are trying to install the original XP on hard drives that are big (not sure, but I'm thinking over 500GB, you really need SP2, which means you need to make a slipstream copy. I also made SP3 slipstream.

However, I am phasing XP out of my main computers. It is too buggy and prone to being hacked and invaded by viruses.
 
I agree that he should make copies to a couple of brands of CD or DVD. And also keep the slipstreamed file on a hard drive or flash drive so if needed it can be run from the flash drive or a new cd burned. He did slipstream XP with SP3 as mentioned in his initial post.
 
I have tried it on one of computers (not the computer that disc goes to) and at 33 minutes into the install it wanted the product key code which I put in but it said it was not valid. It gave me a chance to bypass the product key number so I did. I went online to update Windows and after the validation tool was installed it said I need to activate Windows. I clicked on the link and went to the validation website. There it the product key code listed on the website (the first four sets were x's and the last set was the 5 numbers that belonged to cd I built the slipdisc off from) that it said was on the harddrive though I did never put it in. Then it gave me a chance to enter another product key code which I did and then the webpage changed to say all was good.


So the product key code is on the cd somewhere. How would I take this off? I would rather enter the product key code during the install and activate it without going the hassle of doing it all through the web.
 
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tyler811 said:
I have tried it on one of computers (not the computer that disc goes to) and at 33 minutes into the install it wanted the product key code which I put in but it said it was not valid. It gave me a chance to bypass the product key number so I did. I went online to update Windows and after the validation tool was installed it said I need to activate Windows. I clicked on the link and went to the validation website. There it the product key code listed on the website (the first four sets were x's and the last set was the 5 numbers that belonged to cd I built the slipdisc off from) that it said was on the harddrive though I did never put it in. Then it gave me a chance to enter another product key code which I did and then the webpage changed to say all was good.


So the product key code is on the cd somewhere. How would I take this off? I would rather enter the product key code during the install and activate it without going the hassle of doing it all through the web.
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Delete the Winnt.sif file from the CD. Or edit it with Notepad to remove the installation key. It is in fact a text file with a sif extension.
 
pcgeek11 said:
Delete the Winnt.sif file from the CD. Or edit it with Notepad to remove the installation key. It is in fact a text file with a sif extension.
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Thanks Geek but it is not in the the I386 where it should. Any other ideas you might have I would listen to.
 
You can change the product key before activating the copy of XP. If I remember correctly, at least with the original version of XP, it asks you if you want to activate automatically if there is Internet connectivity. I always unchecked this and activated when I wanted to.

I think the activation tool lets you change the product key to the correct one, even if your slipstream disk had a generic one put in automatically.
 
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