So I now have Windows 7 running just how I like it. Unfortunately every time I restore a backup I lose my activation and have to phone in for reactivation. My guess is that both the virtual bios and drive are changing some sort of UID and windows thinks it has been installed on a new computer. Has anyone dealt with this? Any suggestions? _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Quoting Ben Himberg <bhimberg@gmail.com>:> So I now have Windows 7 running just how I like it. Unfortunately every > time I restore a backup I lose my activation and have to phone in for > reactivation. My guess is that both the virtual bios and drive are > changing some sort of UID and windows thinks it has been installed on a new > computer. > > Has anyone dealt with this? Any suggestions? >It sounds like your backup image has no activation. Suggest making a backup image after the activation process. Ken Cobler
No, it has been activated (before I backed it up). The proof is that I don''t even enter the key, I just click activate and phone in the digits. On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Ken Cobler <kcobler@coblercorp.com> wrote:> Quoting Ben Himberg <bhimberg@gmail.com>: > > So I now have Windows 7 running just how I like it. Unfortunately every >> time I restore a backup I lose my activation and have to phone in for >> reactivation. My guess is that both the virtual bios and drive are >> changing some sort of UID and windows thinks it has been installed on a >> new >> computer. >> >> Has anyone dealt with this? Any suggestions? >> >> > It sounds like your backup image has no activation. Suggest making a > backup image after the activation process. > > Ken Cobler > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/**xen-users<http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users> >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
You need to create an image and run sysprep on it. It doesn''t work well with a single activation key, you really should have a mak. On Nov 29, 2011 5:29 PM, "Ben Himberg" <bhimberg@gmail.com> wrote:> No, it has been activated (before I backed it up). The proof is that I > don''t even enter the key, I just click activate and phone in the digits. > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Ken Cobler <kcobler@coblercorp.com>wrote: > >> Quoting Ben Himberg <bhimberg@gmail.com>: >> >> So I now have Windows 7 running just how I like it. Unfortunately every >>> time I restore a backup I lose my activation and have to phone in for >>> reactivation. My guess is that both the virtual bios and drive are >>> changing some sort of UID and windows thinks it has been installed on a >>> new >>> computer. >>> >>> Has anyone dealt with this? Any suggestions? >>> >>> >> It sounds like your backup image has no activation. Suggest making a >> backup image after the activation process. >> >> Ken Cobler >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Xen-users mailing list >> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >> http://lists.xensource.com/**xen-users<http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
I agree sysprep is probably the "right" way to do it, but with desktop editions of windows I''ve only had to reactivate if I''ve changed parameters that cause windows to see new hardware triggering re-activation. On windows servers, be careful and make sure you don''t backup and restore windows and deploy systems with identical SID''s, this can cause all kinds of chaos. If you are going to image a windows install for re-use you *definitely* want to sysprep it. chris On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 6:31 PM, Scott Damron <sdamron@gmail.com> wrote:> You need to create an image and run sysprep on it. It doesn''t work well > with a single activation key, you really should have a mak. > On Nov 29, 2011 5:29 PM, "Ben Himberg" <bhimberg@gmail.com> wrote: > >> No, it has been activated (before I backed it up). The proof is that I >> don''t even enter the key, I just click activate and phone in the digits. >> >> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Ken Cobler <kcobler@coblercorp.com>wrote: >> >>> Quoting Ben Himberg <bhimberg@gmail.com>: >>> >>> So I now have Windows 7 running just how I like it. Unfortunately every >>>> time I restore a backup I lose my activation and have to phone in for >>>> reactivation. My guess is that both the virtual bios and drive are >>>> changing some sort of UID and windows thinks it has been installed on a >>>> new >>>> computer. >>>> >>>> Has anyone dealt with this? Any suggestions? >>>> >>>> >>> It sounds like your backup image has no activation. Suggest making a >>> backup image after the activation process. >>> >>> Ken Cobler >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Xen-users mailing list >>> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >>> http://lists.xensource.com/**xen-users<http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xen-users mailing list >> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >> > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
be aware, windows has to be activated on any hw changes, so 1) if you wanna restore xen devices, you must have hardcoded all uuid''s means, proocessor, networkcard and so on into your domU config file 2) if you backup windows images, then you might use or sysprep which does the sid for you (can be automated with a unatended install) or acronis which i personally prefer which also includes the sid stuff! cheers walter On 29.11.2011, at 23:09, chris <tknchris@gmail.com> wrote:> I agree sysprep is probably the "right" way to do it, but with desktop editions of windows I''ve only had to reactivate if I''ve changed parameters that cause windows to see new hardware triggering re-activation. On windows servers, be careful and make sure you don''t backup and restore windows and deploy systems with identical SID''s, this can cause all kinds of chaos. If you are going to image a windows install for re-use you *definitely* want to sysprep it. > > chris > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 6:31 PM, Scott Damron <sdamron@gmail.com> wrote: > You need to create an image and run sysprep on it. It doesn''t work well with a single activation key, you really should have a mak. > > On Nov 29, 2011 5:29 PM, "Ben Himberg" <bhimberg@gmail.com> wrote: > No, it has been activated (before I backed it up). The proof is that I don''t even enter the key, I just click activate and phone in the digits. > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Ken Cobler <kcobler@coblercorp.com> wrote: > Quoting Ben Himberg <bhimberg@gmail.com>: > > So I now have Windows 7 running just how I like it. Unfortunately every > time I restore a backup I lose my activation and have to phone in for > reactivation. My guess is that both the virtual bios and drive are > changing some sort of UID and windows thinks it has been installed on a new > computer. > > Has anyone dealt with this? Any suggestions? > > > It sounds like your backup image has no activation. Suggest making a backup image after the activation process. > > Ken Cobler > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On 11/29/2011 5:09 PM, chris wrote:> On windows servers, be careful and make sure you don''t backup and > restore windows and deploy systems with identical SID''s, this can > cause all kinds of chaos.That''s actually not true: http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2009/11/03/3291024.aspx -John