Hey just need verification, my understanding is that a xp SLP disk is like a preactivated windows disk. Do they need to be made for a specific manufacturer? Can they EVER be detected as not genuine? Will Updates run? How can I make one from a Royalty OEM disk?
Hello there I have been trying now for 3 days to create an HP OEM disk by reading through the great info that is available on this site, but I am sad to say that eventually I have to ask for help: I am using a modified VMware BIOS (I have used a patched BIOS) and also used a seprarate BIOS with the appropriate entry in the VMX file. Running OEMBIOS.exe I get on both the BIOS'es a CRC=CD4E1902 confirmation, as well as 00A1EECB and 3BA1556E1, therefore confirming I believe that the BIOS is seen as an HP machine. I used as my source the following disks: XP Pro VLK (SP2, SP3) XP Pro Retail (SP, SP3) Downloaded MSDN ISO, checked the SHA1 hashes to confirm the status I then downloaded a number of HP OEMBIOS files (compressed and uncompressed) and install the 4 key files needed in i386 folder on the CD: OEMBIOS.BI_ OEMBIOS.CA_ OEMBIOS.DA_ OEMBIOS.SI_ I uncompressed OEMBIOS.CA_ to extract the CAT file and tested the CRC to see it was ok, which it was I did not use an $OEM$ directory I made CD's WITH and WITHOUT a WINNT.SIF file I have tried every HP SLP key known to man and have everytime been stumped with a "Product Key is Invalid" message. I used the VLK CD I have and created a new VM and it worked fine. I then used the OEM Bios Changer tool to convert the installation using the same OEMBIOS.* files before and this worked fine converting the installation to OEM. I checked the activation status [OOBE] and that was fine. Now, that is one way of doing it, but I am annoyed that I have been unable to do what seems to be a fairly stock standard process for everyone else, and I would love to get this right. How can I check the created CD's if all the required files on the CD matches? Any other ideas on how to proceed? If you need more info please let me know I would be very pleased to provide what I can
I would use the MSDN XP Pro Retail (SP, SP3) iso and copy your oembios files you also need to edit the SETUPP.INI file in i386 Code: [Pid] ExtraData=786F687170637175716954806365EF Pid=76487OEM also add winnt.sif file Code: [UserData] ProductKey="Add Key Here" [Data] MSDosInitiated=0 UnattendedInstall=Yes [Components] Fax=On
Thanks for that, I will give it a whirl and let you know. However, should I enter the same key into the Key field after receiving the "Invalid Key" message, if the OEMBIOS.* files are correct, should it not accept it, or is it designed to only accept key via the WINNT.SIF for an OEM SLP type install? Cheers