"> is there a way to create this but make it so each time i
> install it, it will ask me for the unique serial number/product key of the
> specific tablet pc?"
Hi Jacob,
yes, you should check the informations in the support - tools folder of your
OEM CD. There you find tools for deployment and unattended setup and
creating different SIDs. Check MS support pages for sysprep etc.
Following Technet link gives more ideas:
http://search.microsoft.com/search/r...20PC%20Sysprep

Expect deployment issues to be improved in Longhorn (making that easier is
one of the targets of Longhorn - but it's many months away...)
--

Mit besten Gruessen - Best wishes
Stefen Niemeyer


"jacobesterque******.com" <jacobesterqueyahoocom@discussions.microsoft.com >
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> (please dont take my responses as an insult/attitude towards what you are
> telling me, i just want to get a super clear answer)
>
> i also understand exactley what you are saying, but the tablet pcs we have
> are exactley all the same ... of course except for the serial
> number/product
> key for each individual tablet pc. so in essence, if i created a xp
> tablet
> edition installation cd/dvd, i could use it for the rest of the tablet pcs
> that we have. is there a way to create this but make it so each time i
> install it, it will ask me for the unique serial number/product key of the
> specific tablet pc?
>
> "Chris H." wrote:
>
>> Yes, I understand exactly what you're saying. However, to get a
>> "universal"
>> image for all the Tablet PCs you need to apply a different image than
>> that
>> which is furnished by the OEM - one which is not specific to the Tablet
>> itself or licensed to a single machine. You cannot change the image sent
>> by
>> Toshiba, in this case, because it belongs solely to each of the machines
>> for
>> which you have the individual PID label attached on the bottom of the
>> computer. This is where the volume license would come in, and you would
>> need to custom build the driver package, etc. Your Microsoft
>> representative
>> will be able to assist you.
>> --
>> Chris H.
>> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>> Associate Expert
>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>
>>
>> "jacobesterque******.com"
>> <jacobesterqueyahoocom@discussions.microsoft.com >
>> wrote in message
>> news:B46E7727-8B91-4029-8FC5-98DC34664536@microsoft.com...
>> > but with purchasing the tablet pcs, each tablet pc already has its own
>> > license. wouldnt i contact volume licensing if i wanted to install xp
>> > tablet
>> > editions on multi blank tablet pcs? i think what i am looking for is
>> > the
>> > directions/tutorials in how to create it myself. so when i do create
>> > this
>> > clean version of xp tablet with our settings, i could just use the
>> > license
>> > already belonging to the tablet pc, to "upgrade" the dirty version of
>> > xp
>> > tablet to the cleaner one.
>> >
>> > know what i mean?
>> >
>> > "Chris H." wrote:
>> >
>> >> You should contact your Microsoft representative handling the volume
>> >> licensing. They will be able to assist you.
>> >> --
>> >> Chris H.
>> >> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>> >> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>> >> Associate Expert
>> >> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "jacobesterque******.com"
>> >> <jacobesterque******.com@discussions.microsoft.com > wrote in message
>> >> news:C608BAB0-3280-4578-84C2-FEDFA7C8E654@microsoft.com...
>> >> >i work for a local government in the state of maryland. we have
>> >> >purchased
>> >> >a
>> >> > few tablet pcs from toshiba. so far, we love them. but the down
>> >> > side
>> >> > to
>> >> > purchasing pcs (in general) is that it comes with a million
>> >> > (sarcasm)
>> >> > programs preinstalled. whenever we purchase regular pcs, when
>> >> > automatically
>> >> > install our own OS images because of our work. fortunately for us,
>> >> > we
>> >> > can
>> >> > buy windows xp professional installation cds ... JUST the OS and
>> >> > nothing
>> >> > else. unfortunately, microsoft does not sell the tablet pc version
>> >> > of
>> >> > windows by itself. i guess i understand why ... drivers and stuff
>> >> > for
>> >> > the
>> >> > hardware. my question is:
>> >> >
>> >> > how would one go about creating a "Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC
>> >> > Edition
>> >> > 2005 Installation CD/DVD"? (i know for a fact it is possible)
>> >> >
>> >> > we have the recovery dvd of the tablet pc from toshiba, but we want
>> >> > to
>> >> > just
>> >> > install a super clean version of xp tablet edition.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
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