Should I enter my Office product key before running sysprep?

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Published on 2010-06-02T05:10:15Z Indexed on 2010/06/02 5:14 UTC
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I'm planning on cloning a Windows XP install, and am a little confused about sysprep. I know that it blanks out the XP product key, but what about other software?

If I install Office 2007 and enter a product key, then use sysprep and create an image, will I be able to enter a new product key in clones I create from the image? Or will they all have duplicate product keys?

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