MRWumpus

Hmmm, it is still somewhat of a mystery to me because this CD has never asked me to activate Windows and neither answer file has the option to activate turned ON. There are a couple of custom DELL post-install files in there that I am guessing do the activation. I suppose I could remove those and see what happens.

Hey Gang, can someone enlighten me here. I bought a refurb Dell Latitude D610 which shipped with the official green DELL "Reinstallation CD" of XP SP2. I was using this CD as the basis for a custom one containing newer drivers and such. I got to the point of creating a WINNT.SIF answer file when I realized the CD already contained one. In fact, it contains both WINNT.SIF and UNATTEND.TXT answer files, each of which contains a different Product Key. What's more, those two keys are different from the one on my official DELL/MS Product Key sticker on the bottom of my laptop. So I have three Product Keys associated with my laptop? Is this normal for DELL OEM Operating System CDs? Last time I used this CD to reinstall I noticed that it never asked me to activate Windows. That means it must have used the Product Key on the CD, right? So that means my Product Key on my sticker is not used? I'm tempted to remove those keys and try the one on my sticker but not until someone helps me understand what's going on. Thanks!