Remote OS Installation
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Users might be prompted to enter a CD key during setup, depending on the type of Windows 2000 product you use to create Remote OS Installation images (retail, select, or OEM).
Note
The CD key, even though it is specified as ProductID in the answer file, is different from a system's product identification number (PID). A unique PID is always generated for clients during installation, adding the appropriate CD key to an image's answer file will not result in system's being installed with duplicate PIDs.
The default answer files created by Remote OS Installation do not include a CD key. If CD-based images created from the retail version of the Windows 2000 Professional operating system CD or images created by using the Remote Installation Preparation Wizard (RIPrep.exe) on systems originally installed by using a retail version of Windows 2000 Professional are used, during operating system installation the user is prompted to enter a CD key. To avoid the user being prompted for a CD key, locate the CD key for the copy of Windows 2000 Professional in use and add it as the ProductID value in the [UserData] section of the answer file.
When working with the select or OEM versions of the Windows 2000 Professional operating system CD, setup does not prompt the user for the CD key.
Important
All copies of Windows 2000 Professional and any additional software installed by using Remote Installation Services must be properly licensed, and it is the licensee's obligation to ensure that it is licensed to make such copies.