I have a testing machine that needs Windows server 2008 R2 running in virtualbox.
My issue is that every time I try to activate windows I get the error "security error 0x80072F8F"
I set the clock according to internet time
I called MS and they said WS2008 is no longer supported
I tryied also with dialup activation but it says no answer, the modem itself works and also the POTS line.
I must say that some other WS2008R2 VMs have been activated.
Right now I tried to:
• make a new VM with my existing iso
• download an iso and make a new VM
• Update Virtualbox and make a newer VM
In no case I was able to successfully validate the 180 days trial licence
How could I activate the 180 days trial licence on a Virtualbox VM?
NOTE: I'm not going to purchase a new licence because this machines are needed just for few months and just for testing.
EDIT:
Setting
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\OOBE for an item named MediaBootInstall
to 0
did not worked
EDIT2:
slmgr /rearm
: this gave me other 10 days grace period, but it's still impossible to get the whole 180 days (the bottom right of the desktop does not shows "180 days left")