Hey all, hopefully someone can help me with this. I have some computers that have OEM certificate of authenticity with keys on them, and I would like to create my own OEM CD's from the technet Windows XP Home SP3 CD, is this possible? They are the keys that are on the sticker that comes with your PC when you purchase it with a pre-installed OS. The motherboard is not original so it does not have a SLP 1.0 table and I would much rather use the key from the OEM COA. I'd guess you call these OEM keys. If there is already a topic on this, just point me in the right direction - I searched but did not come up with much, just people trying to make OEM CD's that use SLP 1.0.
if you're looking to have activated installs, you can't. you need a bios with slp 1.0, oem slp keys, and the corresponding oembios files. those oem coa keys will need validation either through the internet or phone
yep there are guides on this forum, you need around 5 files to turn a retail disk into oem if i remember. The guide is on this site somewhere.
This COA serial on the sticker is not SLP. it will only activate if you call the vendor. You can inout it all day, no offline activation. OEM Royalty keys are listed in the sticky. Only these will activate the computer the way you want to. The COA sticker is proof of purchase only..no activation.. Four files..OEMBIOS files and key from retail, six files and a key from VLK to OEM..
the key on the COA's activate just like any retail key. the shop i work at, i sometimes need to re-install an OS and just use an OEM disc along with the key on the sticker with no problem.
If that's the case, then how do you get an OEM CoA serial to work with XP Home OEM with SP3 integrated? Every time I try with my legit serials, setup says invalid key. And no I'm not trying to use SLP to activate or any sort of loaders, bios hacks, cr**ks, act*vators, etc. I'm simply trying to install my legit XP Home OEM with my legit serial on the computer I built. I own 2 serials and 1 vanilla XP Home OEM cd, and both serials work. Until I integrate SP3, then suddenly both my serials are invalid. *I forgot to mention that my OEM disc and both serials are generic, not tied to any company like Dell, HP, etc. I bought them online ages ago.
Get your facts straight. Of course you can activate using the serial provided in COA. A while back I used a Dell XP Pro CD to install Windows on a noname box and I activated it online in a few seconds USING THE KEY IN COA ON THE DELL LAPTOP IT CAME WITH. Both desktop and Dell laptop was owned by the same person. What seems to NOT WORK is trying to use a SLP key to activate online. A key in COA is just fine!
sorry i don't quite get you. i was replying to the original post anyways what i meant by activated install means when you install using an oem cd that's modified for vendor specific (i.e HP, Acer and the likes) or original oem cds from the vendors etc, and you boot to windows, its already activated. you still can use the legit coa keys to activate online or through phone. no doubt about that. they're legit keys
True, where I worked we did many installs using a generic OEM disc and the COA key to activate. Usually you will have to call m$ to activate, but it sometimes works online too. Don't ask me why, first time it worked online was my mistake, since then I always try it first.
i used to do the same thing too, until i discovered about slp. reason being, most of the online activation doesn't work. for me that is. and phone activation is very annoying, not to say a total waste of time. i figured the time wasted, might as well go via the slp route.