RE: switching WinXP licenses on two PCs

["Jeff Crosby" <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> For some reason OEM, retail, MSDN, and corporate editions of 
> XP do not accept each other's activation codes.  Ditto for 
> using an activation code for an OEM CD with SP1 pre-installed 
> and an OEM CD with SP2 pre-installed (personal experience).  
> Really, really anti-consumer.

In a few months, I will be purchasing 5+ laptops for the company at the same
time.  The last time I did this, I set up the first laptop exactly like we
wanted (a 6+ hour affair), then ghosted images to CD-ROM and loaded the
other 4 from those image CDs.  Saved me a boatload of time.  These were XP
Pro (pre-service pack 1) machines too.

I'm getting the idea this will not be possible this time around?