Windows Deployment Services and Dell Machines with no Product Key Stickers

We implemented WDS in 2013 and it was going very well saving us about 25 minutes per machine setup. At the end of the imaging, we had to enter the product key from the sticker and all set.

Dell, according to pro support, has decided on their optiplex line (might be all lines) to remove the product key sticker from Msoft. They said it was an msoft decision with windows 8. Well this now makes our nice WDS imaging process not work b.c we do not have a key to type in.

Well turn on the machine before you image and get the key with any of the available tools, you might say. Did that. (Belarc advisor and Keyfinder) and they gave the same key but it would not work after applying the image. The windows activation wizard on the machine states: error code 0xC004E003 while trying to activate Windows 7

We are forced to do windows updates, crapware...