Project Description:
We refurbish older computer and send them back into the market with windows 7 operating system. We are presently using windows deployment services through PXE boot. We presently are running 80-100 computers a day, and growing every day. We currently are seeking a way to activate windows while in audit mode, and have it persist through OOBE once the system has been resealed using sysprep. Presently the only way I have found to do this is to edit the unattend_reseal.xml with code to insert the product key. The problem with doing it this way that we have found is that typographical errors will cause errors in the xml file and then the system doesn't load, and we have to restart the deployment on that machine. We are interested in a GUI APP that can only ask us for the product key and insert it into this C:\rpktools\unattend_reseal.xml . It has to be placed on a positive line in the exact same place and the txt that is already there needs to stay. Also we would like some kind of check in place that will lower some of the errors while typing the keys. I know that Microsoft uses "SLMGR.exe" to check if it is 5x5 key and the checksum if it maybe could be a key. The end user of this app will most likely be non technical and I would like to make this as simple and efficient as possible. We will be keying 150+ keys a day so I want the app to be able to fit onto a usb drive and be run without installing anything on the PC.
Skills required are C Programming, Software Architecture, Project Management, Software Testing