luke.mccormick Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 how would I go about putting a dell oem xp disc on my ris server while preserving preactivation and using the appropriate cd key and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke.mccormick Posted August 26, 2006 Author Share Posted August 26, 2006 bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prx984 Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 what are you trying to do? create an unattended install cd? or just copy the contents of the cd to the drive for backup purposes?if the latter is true, just create an ISO image of the disc for backup.If you want to create an unattended cd, just use nLite, it will keep pre-activation. i have created many of my dell oem cd's for my laptops with nLite and they install and run just fine.hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke.mccormick Posted August 27, 2006 Author Share Posted August 27, 2006 No, i know how to make backups of cds, I want to isntall the Dell OEM xp thru RIS without screwing the preactivation, I know RIS creates its own unattend file but I want to preserve preactivation so I don't have to deal with that or creating a cd once a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke.mccormick Posted August 31, 2006 Author Share Posted August 31, 2006 bump...please, i need help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheWayBoy Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Don't hold me to it, but all you should need to do is replace the four OEMBIOS files in the I386 with the ones from the Dell OEM CD.What I would suggest doing is get a fresh, clean OEM install of XP Pro and create the RIS image from that. Then, after it's created it, use the files I mentioned above and copy them over. You'll also need to use the CDKEY that Dell uses in their WINNT.SIF for this to work. I haven't played with RIS in a while, but I think Dell does a few too many tweaks in their installations to use it as a source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke.mccormick Posted September 1, 2006 Author Share Posted September 1, 2006 ok, i will give that a try, thank you for your reply. I had read something about the oembios files but was never sure if it would be as simple as that, and the windows serial in the winnt.sif file you're talking about should/would/will be the same as the serial that windows gets installed using, like if i went to use one of those windows serial key finders like the older aida 32 that reports all licensed software, the serial key that shows up for a current installation is that one correct? sorry if that made no sense i've been having a crazy week.thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheWayBoy Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 Should, because even after installation and WindowsUpdate and GenuineAdvantage it's still the same generic CDKEY for me. As long as the CDKEY mathces up with the correct OEMBIOS files, which check the unit to make sure it's a Dell then everything should work. If those all line up then it looks like activation is just done, haven't had an issue with it yet. And if those things don't add up then you still get an install but you have to activate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke.mccormick Posted September 4, 2006 Author Share Posted September 4, 2006 awesome, it worked, thanks for the replies i really appreciate it..this will make projects faster and much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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