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by jim.brown 1 view

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I am currently creating Images of windows 2000 using drive image pro, The Win2k disk that i used to create this image had its own unique cd key which generates its own numerical value in the regestry in HK_LM\software\microsoft\WindowsNT\current version\productid

Now when i restore that image all the PCs will have the same Licence number in the registry, but each machine has its own licence attached to the side of the PC and i have a log of each licence with the tag number of the PC it is on

is there any way in which i can change the value in the regitry or do you think that, i am covered licence wise without having to change the registry?

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by dmiles

Yes, navigate to the key that you have specified above,highlight product id in sub- tree and then right-click the product id in the right pane and select modify,it will open box to change the product id.

by admin-stuart

While you can change the Product ID in the registry, if you're secure in your licensing documentation, I don't see where it makes any difference which media or image was used for installs. Microsoft's own MCSE textbooks describe how to do and endorse doing network sharepoint installs of client OS's. You know that they don't assign different Product ID's using that method. Enjoy your freedom from product activation!

by curlergirl

You are asking the wrong question - what you should be concerned about are SID's, not product licensing - since you've obviously purchased the licenses, I wouldn't worry about what the license # in the registry says. As long as you use the product id that's on the side of the box when calling for support, you should be fine. But your SID's will all be the same and that could cause problems with permissions and security. Are you using a SID changer? If not, you should. . .Just a bit of "free"advice. Hope this helps!

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