Automatic Activation + Non Admins?

[Nick_Parker]

Hello all

 

I'm not sure if this should go in the Windows 7 forum or the Server 2008 forum?

Is there a Group Policy setting or something similar that will allow Windows 7 to automatically activate itself when a non-admin is logged on?

 

I still use Ghost to clone all our machines and during the image creation process, I enter the key and activate the machine, however, after cloning the image to a lab, none of the lab machines are activated anymore (but they still have the key entered) - I then have to log onto each machine and manually activate it because it will not happen unless an Administrator does it.

 

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

[ChrisH]

You don't mention sysprep? Have you used it? You should be able to activate as part of that process.

[Nick_Parker]

I don't need to sysprep, I setup everything using a normal account, copy the profile overwriting the default profile and then Ghost handles the removing and rejoining of the domain.

[glennda]

you will need to setup as KMS server - you register the key on the KMS host which places a entry in DNS which the machines lookup and activate from.

 

but to be honest i would sysprep but automate it.

 

Toby