We do many Windows installs every month for our customers and I'd like a way to streamline the install process. The machine might be any size, shape, or brand. Customers often don't have their CD's or don't know where they are.

Is there any legal way to use one CD to install XP, that would work with many different computers?

Maybe one CD for XP Home and another one for XP Pro/MCE/Tablet.

If I choose to use a Dell OEM CD to install , can I use something like nLite to clean out Dell specific information and make that OEM CD work on most any computer?

Can I use the same CD to install Pro, MCE and Tablet Edition?

Sure, there is a solution, search for oembios , make oem cd ... there is two big topic about that, the method work great.

btw, welcome to the msfn community.