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Activation of Windows 7 after Re-image using Acronis
Hi there all,
My situation is that I have 65 Dell M4800 Laptops, one of these laptops I use as the master laptop to build a Master image for the other 65 laptops. Every month I have to perform a system update to the master image with software and program updates that have changed. From there I then take a new master image and use Acronis to move the image to the other 64 laptops.
I have a copy of Windows 7 Enterprise with office 2010 both with an unlimited corporate licence. for both applications.
The issue I am having is that when I take a copy of the master laptop with Acronis 14.0 then restore the image to the other laptops, I have to keep activating both Windows and Office on ever laptop. My other issue is that I cant connect these laptops to the Internet either so I have to use the phone activation process.
What I am trying to find out is the following;
1. Does Windows change its activation codes for telephone activation every time for the same laptop.
2. If the activation codes are the same ever time, is there a way to have all the codes in a file that the system is able to look up and activate after the reimage.
3. If the codes do change then does anyone have a way to capture the codes and automate this process some how.
Thanks in advance
Dave