The Microsoft policy for disk duplication of Windows installations

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This is really for portability of installed retail licenses between different PCs - which then need to get activated with the key on the COA sticker (unlike a Windows to go with the Enterprise edition). When you first read it, you get the impression that sysprep has to be done before you e.g. take an image. But that is not so.