Convert Windows XP retail to Windows XP OEM
I have been living a Nightmare for the last week trying to get Windows XP Tablet Edition to install onto a Toshiba Portege M200. This tablet dose not come with an optical drive and will not boot off any USB CD drives I can find. I have tried everything PXE network installs, SD Card, USB drive every CD drive I can find all no Luck.
So far though one really cool thing I did workout is how to make a retail copy of windows XP able to use a OEM key!
Before you burn the CD locate a file on the cd called “setupp.ini” ( it should be in the \i386 folder) and look for a string called “Pid=XXXXX000″ (with the X’s being numbers), you will then have to replace the three zeros with the words OEM. this way your OEM key will work.
Simple! unlike this Tablet Notebook.
Once I get this tablet working I will post how I did it. I will get it working even if it kills me!