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Stop Windows Server 2012, Foundation Edition OEM tools from phoning home

On a DELL PowerEdge T110 II, the pre-installed Windows Server 2012 R2 (foundation edition) keeps requesting the page limwinsemea02.mfg.ie.dell.com over http port 80. We know this because of a firewall log, which registers ~250k blocked requests in a…
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Upgrade windows 10 to pro with 7 pro oem key

I have a few computers with Windows 8/8.1 Home edition that need to be upgraded to professional editions of Windows in order to join a newly created company domain. I have a couple unused Windows 7 Pro OEM kits, so in theory I could do a clean…
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Can Windows 7 Professional OEM be imaged using WDS?

Each year, I find myself installing Windows 7 dozens of times, on both brand new PCs and before passing on a used PC from one user to the next. I'm sure a LOT of network administrators are in the same boat. Windows Updates take a LONG time and it…
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Preserving Windows 7 activation data on a corrupt system when the user has lost their reinstall CD

When doing technical support. People don't always have their reinstall CD, that seems reasonable... So I get an ISO of their version and edition from off of MSDN. What files do I need to copy over from their existing installation so that Windows…
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To Be Filled By O.E.M. We are the 'OEM' and we don't know how to do it. Any hint?

We send appliances to customers, and since some days ago the machines come from a new vendor. The machines have new BIOS and motherboards: http://www.dmtf.org/standards/smbios We would like to use /sys/class/dmi/id to identify the machines, so they…
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how to use ubuntu OEM installation?

I searched on how to prepare ubuntu as a template or alternatives for windows sysprep for ubuntu. one of the suggestions I found is to use virt-sysprep which I tried and found quit difficult to understand and use. the second option I found was…
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Multi comp deployment and OEM Office

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing question? We purchased 15 machines, all the same model, OS and configuration. Each one has an OEM version of Office Basic 2007. Is the OEM licensing going to have an issue with us…
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Getting windows 8.1 installer to recognize the OEM key in Bios

We are switching our environment from windows 7 to windows 8.1 and I have a bunch of Dell computers I need to roll out with windows 10 pro keys in the bios that I have to install windows 8.1 pro on. According to these 2 articles from both Dell and…
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Upgrade Windows 2008 r2 OEM to Windows 2012r2 Action Pack

We have the following scenario. old production server with software + configuration which we wish to retire to a testing box but keeping all the current settings etc / app installs. Windows Action pack subscription and Windows 2012 r2 Standard…
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Windows 7: the product key you entered does not appear to be a valid windows 7 product key

While bulk activating OEM Windows 7 PRO x64 products (we re-image the PCs every three months or so), I always have issues with a couple of machines. The issue I'm facing now is that it reports "the product key you entered does not appear to be a…
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Windows Server 2003 - Install with an OEM key without OEM media

Is there any way to use an OEM key to install windows 2003 when OEM media is not available? I have an OEM key from the hardware supplier, but we do not yet have the media for this and the server is currently installed (but not activated) using a…
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How to Change Intel OEM Bios Information (e.g. Serial Number, Manufacturer?)

We purchase some of our systems (desktops mainly) through a small third-party OEM. They don't include serial number, manufacturer info., etc. in the BIOS however and this makes it difficult for systems monitoring and inventorying software to…
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Migrating OEM software for testing environment...or probably not!

I need to create a "Lab" environment of my production 2003 domain server with Exchange2003, before purchasing new hardware & software to migrate in real-time. I installed VMware onto my laptop and created a Windows 2003 server VM to ensure I could…
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Windows 2008 Server Standard with a 5 CAL pack - do CALS expire

Bought Windows server 2008 Standard R2 which came with a 5 CAL pack, the server has since died and been hit with a hammer. AS the OEM server license died with the hardware, what does that mean for the CALs, have they expired as well or can i…
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Unable to start Oracle Enterprise Manager

Had some passwords expire, and this knocked out my OEM (11g, SE). Cleared this up, so that SYSMAN is not locked or expired (nor is DBSNMP, SYS, SYSTEM, all of which may or may not affect OEM, depending on various sources). emctl start dbconsole…
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