csci1000 Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Hi all,I bought brand new HP laptop last week and it came with MCE2005 w/o OS CDs. so I been surfing web on how to create OS cd from i386 folder. after searching several forums, finally I made CD by following these steps. -dumpted ALL files from both retail MCE2005 CDs into C:\MCECD. -replaced i386 folder in C:\MCECD with i386 folder from my HP Laptop. -using NLITE created bootable DVD about 900MB without any adding or removing of components/programs.-burned that ISO to DVD-installed MCE2005 successfully using newly created DVD. -product key from label attached on bottom of my laptop worked during installation. (SO HAPPY)now comes my question...would product activation work? It's not illegal key that I am using so it should work but what's your thought on this?thank you very much for any input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 may be Ur Product key has been stolen and activated by someone before ur purchasing date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bezalel Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 now comes my question...would product activation work? It's not illegal key that I am using so it should work but what's your thought on this?Phone activation should work but online activation will be blocked. For a better method see Building a Pre-activated CD from an existing installation and OEMBIOS Repository. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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