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“Show me other ways to activate” is disabled?
I have installed an instance of Win Server 2008 R2 on a Virtual machine.
This machine is purposefully on an isolated environment (no internet) for testing purposes.
I need to activate the machine ...
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Can I create a pre-activated Windows 7 image
I have a large batch of laptops that all have identical hardware. Right now each laptop has its own backup image (ie Norton Ghost) that contains the installed OS as well as all the relevant software.
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Silently Installing the Windows Genuine Advantage Tool
I need to be able to silently download and install Windows Genuine Advantage. Where can I download it and What is the command line for silent installation?
I am surprised it's so hard to find this ...
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Windows Server 2008R2 Virtual Lab Activation strategies?
I have a ESXi server that I use for testing, however, I am often needing to create additional Windows Server virtual machines.
Typically, if I do not need a VM for more than 30 days, I simply do not ...
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Sysprep rearm set to 1 and shouldn't have been. Any workarounds for automatic activation prior to the 30 day period?
I work for a fairly large school. We are deploying 850 tablet PCs to students starting tomorrow (Windows 7 Enterprise with a MAK). We have imaged all of these machines with our standard student image ...
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slmgr.vbs supress dialog
We use a batch file with the following content to activate our windows domain computer after imaging:
slmgr.vbs -ipk XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
slmgr -ato
This works well, but there is a ...
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Preserving Windows 7 activation data on a corrupt system when the user has lost their reinstall CD
When doing technical support. People don't always have their reinstall CD, that seems reasonable... So I get an ISO of their version and edition from off of MSDN.
What files do I need to copy over ...
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Identify un-activated servers
I've been on a bit of a roll this week and have deployed around 30 fresh installs of Windows Server 2008 R2 using our Datacentre license, inside a VMWare environment.
However, what I've gone and ...
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Windows Activation in Amazon EC2
I'm trying to activate Windows 2008 Server in Amazon EC2 as described here:
https://forums.aws.amazon.com/message.jspa?messageID=185874#185874
I'm trying these two amazon addresses, for my server's ...
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MS Server 2003 Activiation Loop
Recently we had a motherboard failure on a terminal server so we replaced the faulty motherboard, re-setup the RAID arrays (same motherboard but still wouldn't recognize old RAID setup) and continued ...
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SBS 2008 reinstall on new machine
We purchased a single license on Windows Small Business Server 2008 for a medical office, and soon after a power fault caused the server to overload, destroying the power supply and motherboard. I ...
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OEM to Virtual Machine for Diaster Recovery / Business Continuity [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Can you help me with my software licensing question?
We are trying to deploy a Business Continuity Appliance (Zenith BDR) for a customer and one of the features is the ...
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Is it possible to deactivate Windows Server 2008 R2?
Is it possible to deactivate Windows Server 2008 R2 or Server 2008 for that matter and take back the key so to speak?
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Windows 2008 R2 Pre-Activated Template (SYSPREP)
I am trying to configure a template image for Windows 2008 R2 that is pre-activated. I have read through numerous sources that say to use the Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP\SkipRearm option, however ...
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OCT file and office 2010
I need to customize installations of Microsoft Office 2010 and was told that I need to use an "OCT" file. What is an OCT file? Could someone show me an example of using one?
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Windows activation system
I have a discussion with my friend about windows activation.
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Windows activation is always same on the same hardware, meaning you can reactivate windows license unlimited number of times ...
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Hyper-V Guest OS activating question
I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 DC and inside this I have 10 Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition SP2. If I understand correctly, I can run as many OS as possible, but how do I activate these OSEs?
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phpBB: How to handle spammy registrations?
I'm managing a phpBB-based forum that gets hit hard by spammers signing up fake accounts. To combat this, we enabled "administrator activation required", but it's not working so well: When a new user ...
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Email sent, but recipients do not receive it?
I have been struggling for this issue for months. I have a website, that the registration requires email authentication. I did a check (daily), the statistics are quite interesting. Everyday, out of ...
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How do you make Windows 7 & Windows Server2008 VMs not want to re-validate?
How do you make Windows7 and Windows Server VMS not want to be re-activated?
I have a computer lab full of machines that start up a Windows XP, Windows 7, or Windows Server2008 VM for each student, ...
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Office 2010 KMS question
I have deployed a KMS server in our environment which does different versions of Windows but also Office 2010. Regarding office 2010 and its expiration, what is the max time?
For Windows clients it ...
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Windows 2003 activation nightmare, changed hardware
I backup some of my windows servers about 3 times a day because of the large amount of data that changes on it.
I had a hardware failure that killed one of my machines, and now I have a problem. I ...
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Activating Windows 7: KMS vs. MAK
What are the differences (and maybe pros and cons) of KMS and MAK license activation for Windows 7?
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Windows 7 “Not genuine” after imaging Z200 computers
We created images from Windows 7, loaded on a HP Z200 workstation. We have added all our software we need on this image and then, sysprep'ed it. So now, when I push the image thru Zenworks on my 5 ...
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Changing the VM memory size and Windows Activation
How often am I allowed to change the memory size for a Windows 7 VM (guest) before it requires reactivation?
Other than using Snapshots - is it possible to make Windows 7 aware that it's running ...
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Could my 64-bit server be somehow identifying itself as a 32-bit server?
Has anyone ever heard of a 64-bit OS identifying itself as a 32-bit OS?
We have a Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 development server. We've been trying to activate it with a product key from MSDN, but it ...
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Creating Answer File For Windows 7 Deployment
We use Dell Computers here and we are wanting to create a standard Desktop Image for Deployment. We only have the OEM copy of Windows 7 Professional that ships with each system.
I understand about ...
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Moving Vmware Workstation VM to another host causes reactivation
I need to find a solution for developers using virtual environments with VMWare Workstation 7.
We develop in different and incompatible environments. Presently almost a week is lost when modifying a ...
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Upgrading hardware and converting current host OS to a VM - any catches? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Can you help me with my software licensing question?
I am currently using Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on my dev machine (where I am writing this post from). I also currently ...
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Windows Server 2003 Trial Activation Issue
I have a Windows Server 2003 (R2 Enterprise with SP2) VM, originally installed with a trial license. We forgot about the server, and now more than 120 days has passed, and I can't do anything with the ...
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Signup with email authentication, only 30% are activated?
I have a website which let users to sign up. The signup process including sending "activation email", click link to activate account.
The first two weeks was fine. Out of around 2000 users, 1800 ...
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How do I change the product key for Windows Server 2003 R2?
I have installed Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition (x86) onto a machine and activated it using the wrong product key. Is there a procedure to reenter and reactivate Windows with the correct key ...
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Who can I complain to about MS Product activation service [closed]
Ok, I'm fuming after having to deal with a MS Support Rep to do a product activation; and now I need to complain to someone.
Has anyone found an actual phone number or e-mail address at Microsoft I ...
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Windows 7 Enterprise Activation
I borrowed a Windows 7 Enterprise disk from work because it hasn't been released to the general public yet and installed it on a personal machine. I got the machine all setup with my programs then I ...
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Is it possible to rearm Microsoft Office 2007 similar to Vista/Win7?
Is it possible to rearm Microsoft Office 2007 trial before activation period in a similar way that can be done for Vista/Win7?
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MS Essential Business Server 2008 and activation & installation media question
I want to install a Microsoft Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Premium Edition. Unfortunately I need to start the installation today, but the license and media won't be delivered until end of ...
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How to fix an activation error in Windows 2008 Server
I have some Windows 2008 servers I setup for development purposes, that fall under my MSDN subscription.
It's been a while, but I thought I properly activated them using the command line and the ...
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Windows Vista activation in VMWare
Our QA team requires Vista VMs for testing (installers, features, performance general compatibility, etc.). Physical PCs with Vista installed don't cut it since they make it difficult to roll back to ...
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How do you change the license on an existing Win2k3 server from retail to volume?
I have a business critical application server that was installed some time ago. The installation was an expensive process (large complicated CICS based system on Win2k3) and is something i'd not like ...
