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  • 1.  Product key not sticking when deploying from templates

    Posted Jun 03, 2013 08:39 AM

    Greetings!

    I've tried deploying Win 7, Win XP and Win XP x64 templates. I've manually entered the product key during customization and I've also tried putting the key in a Customization Specification. No matter what, when I boot up the deployed VM for the first time it asks for the product key. Additionally, I've noticed that the user name I customize also doesn't stick. However, the new netbios name DOES stick. I wonder if this is related....

    Any suggestions?

    Thank you.



  • 2.  RE: Product key not sticking when deploying from templates

    Posted Jun 03, 2013 02:24 PM

    are you using the Web Client?



  • 3.  RE: Product key not sticking when deploying from templates

    Posted Jun 05, 2013 03:17 AM

    No. vClient. Latest one for 5.1.



  • 4.  RE: Product key not sticking when deploying from templates

    Posted Jun 05, 2013 03:32 PM

    interesting. I have a similar issue when using the web client, which seems to be a bug. Take a look: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/446982



  • 5.  RE: Product key not sticking when deploying from templates

    Posted Jun 05, 2013 03:30 PM

    Did you copy the sysprep files to the ProgramData directory on the vCenter server?