[ML-General] windows 7 movement

[david]

*Resets Windows Product Activation*. 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?



On 03/23/2016 10:38 AM, Steve Boyer wrote:
> 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 <ainut at knology.net> wrote:
>> 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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