From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Frank Haber"  wrote in message
news:459d48e4$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>I haven't sat in front of a Vista install since, what, Beta 1?  Anyone
>using image deploy?  Anyone tried just imaging, and see what happens to
>validation (g)?  Ultimate only, I guess, for us retail-license peons?

Heven't tried it but MS has a 5 step howto at

http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/88f80cb7-d44f-47f7-a10d-e
23dd53bc3fa1033.mspx?mfr=true

Business desktop deployment is covered at

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/desktopdeployment/bdd/2007/default.mspx

as to validaton/activation

http://www.directionsonmicrosoft.com/sample/DOMIS/update/2006/12dec/1206pactb.h
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Volume licensees can activate Vista in three ways: with an
"independent" Multiple Activation Key (MAK), a "proxy"
MAK, or a Key Management Service (KMS). A customer might use any or all of
these modes.

-- They forgot to mention the Chinese Vista validation server  or the VMware
image of the cracked KMS server 

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