Re: [chat] Re: [SLUG] off topic: transferring W2K to a new system

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Peter Hardy was once rumoured to have said:
> (off-topic stuff belongs on slug-chat)
> 
> On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 01:31, Voytek wrote:
> > I need to transfer a W2K HD to a new PC, totally different hardware,
> 
> Doesn't Win2k do that weird activation thing?  Where the OS gets
> incredibly upset if your hardware configuration changes too much and it
> demands to be reactivated, usually involving hassling Microsoft for a
> new activation code?


No, but Win2k does use the tight hardware binding stuff which causes massive
amounts of pain.

What he needs is Sysprep, which is downloadable from Microsoft.  Its a tool
that prepares Win2k for imaging so it can be bulk deployed over a larger number
of machines.  Of course, sysprep will also destroy the current security
ID of the machine breaking any domain associations it has.

C.
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