We have full versions of Acronis Snap Deploy, Echo Workstation, True Image Home and Image Server. I am not opposed to using Virtual PC since Acronis has tools to convert to this format also. I don't want to have to purchase an additional OEM license from Microsoft just for this purpose when we already have some available free valid licenses. We have extra VLK XP Pro licenses that can be used for the VMWare image but I am not aware of how to 'convert' an OEM to a VLK license inside Windows.

I am basically looking for a way to either avoid the activation prompt since it will only allow me to go into safe mode or somehow change the product key or run repair option on Windows. I am aware that the original Dell OEM Windows XP license is only valid for that computer and the Dell OEM install has the Dell bios detection built-in. I am able to boot up the OS in VMWare with no issues but it prompts me to activate Windows since it detects it as a non-Dell computer. I ran the conversion tool in Acronis that converts the. Find the Secure Boot option and select Disable. Restart your computer, and then press the specified key (eg: F1, F2, ESC, etc) on the initial screen to enter BIOS. I don't want to tie up one of the Dell computers that that are being imaged. Of course, you can enable Secure Boot again after cloning disk with Acronis True Image. I would like to be able to use this image in VMWare on my PC so that I can use for training purposes and testing. We had the software vendor that supplies the primary software that these sites run configure the master image due to the complexity and proprietary setup of their software. All of these computers are Dell's and run Windows XP Pro SP2. I have an Acronis image (.tib) that we use to deploy on new back office computers that run as a server at our remote locations.

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