Hey guys,
So the company I work for regularly replaces its laptops with new Dells. What we want to do is create a install using windows deployment server, seeing as the number of laptops we need to replace is too large to justify going to each individual laptop and imaging them one at a time. I have yet to be able to get the answer file to pick up the Dell OEM certificate. Here is what I have so far:
I have copied both the dell install.wim and boot.wim into my install
I have all the required drivers injected
I put the dell OEM product key into the answer file (it is the standard OEM key for all Dell win 7 pro 64x service pak 1 installs as far as i can tell) under userdata\productkey
I creates the directory $OEM$\$$\system32\OEM\ In there i copied all the files that were in the same directory on the Dell OEM cd including the certificate. (not sure if the install will look for this by its self or if i need to change something in the answer file)
Everything works but the OEM activation and most forums I've found don't really address this so If anyone has any info please let me know and if you need more information please ask.
Thanks