I have a question that I hope has a simple answer. Currently we receive new IBM laptops with factory loaded images of Windows XP with all the right drivers and utilities. Until now we have always wiped the drive and applied our own in-house developed image using Ghost. The version of Windows XP we use is a volume license version that does not require activation. Correct me if I am wrong but I beleive the version of XP that comes loaded on the laptops from IBM is the retail version which requires activation or it ceases to function after a grace period. Also the activation ties that copy of the OS to that particular harware preventing disk imaging using products like Ghost. Having the ability to image disks is a huge time saver and it would be nice if we did not have to keep wiping perfectly good factory images off of new systems. Is it possible to take the retail verion of XP already loaded and change it to the volume licensed version by using Sysprep and then upon reboot enter our volume license key? Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.