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by rel blackmane

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Hi - I am the sole proprietor of a small PC Builder and Reseller business in North Western Ontario.
When I build 10 identical machines I am forced to install the same software on each as the product codes must be unique. Otherwise we get in trouble from software companies.
This is very time consuming.
How do I change the product key of various sofware so I can Clone the "perfect hard drive" and lateer input the codes off the actual disks that the end-user will have?

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by den_santiago

Clone all setting for all units and using WinBoost which is a shareware you can modify the computer name, product number, registration...etc...good luck

by paul d. masley

What your are asking to do will be a little hard unless your customers has purchased, say a 10 license agreement. Single individual machines with different licenses will have to be loaded separately so that the key can generate the serial number.
I had a customer that requested different serial registrations for 25 machines. I explained the cost to him but he would not bulge. This started with WIN95.

A terrifble lightning strike caused him to change his mind. He found out that it was cheaper to buy a 25 licence pack from MS, keep all equipment identical, buy licenses for his other needed software and make one backup hardrive. Even though he did not need Wordperfect on every machine nor had a license for it, a harddrive failureonly pulled down the machine for less than an hour. It is easier to ghost a drive and remove unneeded/unlicensed software that let Windows start from scratch and reinstall software.

Paul.

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