Hi!! I configured a virtual machine "MASTER" with MAK key of Windows 2008 R2. I would like to make sysprep but do not ask me to activate the VM every time I think. Is it possible? Thanks

Hi, You cannot make an image of an activated Windows installation and duplicate that image to another computer. If you do, Windows fails to recognize the activation and forces the end user to reactivate the installation manually. For MAK clients, the recommendation is to install the MAK key before running Sysprep the last time. If you would like to sysprep the machine multiple times, don’t activate it and set the SkipRearm setting to 1 in the Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SPP component to postpone resetting the activation clock. By default, syspreping the image would reset the activation clock, there is no limit to the number of times that the Sysprep command can run on a computer, but the clock for Windows Product Activation can be reset no more than three times. More references: Resetting Windows Activation http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744512(WS.10).aspx#ResettingWindowsActivation Best Regards Dale Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. ”