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Curious why you like the Acronis product better then the Norton product. -t On 6/15/05, Peter J Murray <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Here's an odd sort of question. > > What is the best way to handle licensing and activation for windows XP > machines? > > Specifically. Last year, when we added new machines to our rotation, I > formatted one, used the XP disc that came with the machine, ghosted to > the machines in the group. I had to activate each and every one of > them, and use the key glued to the side of the CPU. Not too > convenient. As an aside, I've found Acronis Trueimage a much better > program than Ghost. > > I ordered Dell Dimension 4600s last time. Before you say that I should > be using Optiplex line, I inherited a bunch of Dimensions and have been > happy and didn't really want to switch. (Unless the Optiplex line comes > with volume keys). > > So, is there a way to order these machines with volume keys so I don't > have to type in individual serial #'s each time? (without raising the > cost). Is it legal to get a volume key copy from the computer store and > use the volume copy of XP for my ghosting (probably not?)? Do I just > have to deal with it? Is there something I could be doing better? > -- Troy D Murray Blog: http://troymen.blogspot.com/