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<strong>Resets Windows Product Activation</strong>. Sysprep can
reset Windows Product Activation up to three times. <---- What
does this mean in practical terms? Do I have to pay Micro$loth
billions of dollars to be able to use it on the desktop computer
when I may never use the laptop again?<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/23/2016 10:38 AM, Steve Boyer
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<pre wrap="">Here's AN idea (not the greatest, but an idea nonetheless):
MAKE A BACKUP OF THE HDD BEFORE DOING THIS
run C:\windows\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe as an administrator
select generalize and poweroff
let it run and after it's done, image the drive to the desktop via
something like systemrescuecd and partclone or clonezilla
boot the desktop
This will "generalize" the OS (generate a new SID, temp files, etc)
but leave installed programs on the drive. I use this technique when
making a system image that gets pushed via a Windows Deployment Server
to new installs within my group at work - I don't have to deal with
installing the same programs/servers on every single box and can get a
fully configured OS with all of the programs we regularly use from
bare drive to up and running in 15 minutes.
On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 4:46 AM, david <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ainut@knology.net"><ainut@knology.net></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I have about half a tower of dvdr's left.
Don't want Win-10-tin.
I have the game DVD's, original.
Haven't had any success with the "new" version of Wine. That's why I'm
hoping this bare drive thing will work ok. I especially want to keep
drivers and such as well, just in case. Backups, even bit-for-bit backups
only go so far.
Thanks,
David
On 03/23/2016 12:42 AM, joshua carr wrote:
A master, yes. A win7 slipstream compiler/installer. It auto-activates and
requires no key, but it is not updatable to 10. Even if push notifications
and nag screens promise it will; it won't; it will fail to upgrade to 10. As
is- for no price.
A cheap, single-burn dvdr will do. I don't know who sells them anymore.?
Game data will probably migrate easier than an entire operating system.
Keep the laptop in bootable condition, if you can, so you can rip files from
it.
If not, then pull the harddive out and connect it to a Linux box to pluck
the files you want from it that way. You will have to do a little research
on each game, to know which files carry game data, and are needed for stable
operation.
This probably seems convoluted and difficult, but I don't do this often, so
I haven't learned a better way yet. Most of this can be avoided if you don't
need your save-games moved over.
Jm2¢.
Message me, off list tomorrow for deets.
Past my bedtime.
Josh,out.
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