Questions tagged [activation]
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Windows Server 2019 is no longer activated after switching over to passive node [duplicate]
I am running Windows Server 2019 in Virtual Machine Manager on a Synology High Availability cluster. Today I switched the server to the passive node and now Windows Server 2019 is no longer activated.
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How to activate a Windows Server 2019 domain controller
So the (lone) server in a very small (2 person) office was activated with an evaluation key and configured (very extensively) - awaiting budget for the license. Only to find out that it must be ...
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Does a new Windows 2019 domain controller require Windows to be activated before it will function as a logon server?
I have set up a new domain controller. I believe I've done all the necessary things. DNS is synchronized, DHCP is transferred and working, and handing out the new server as DNS, also working. Is a ...
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Activation Specification batching MDB processing
I have an MQ topic with messages that expire after 2 hours. There are thousands of messages on the topic at a given time.
I am using an MDB and an Activation Specification in Websphere to process the ...
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Change Windows from KMS client to Azure AD activation?
Is there a known way to change existing Windows 10/11 devices from KMS client activation to Azure AD Education A3 / A5 or Enterprise E3 / E5 license activation?
Apparently when Windows 10/11 devices ...
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Unable to install Windows Server 2022 Host Key on 2012R2 KMS Service
I have tried installing "Windows Srv 2022 DataCtr/Std KMS host key" on Windows Server 2012R2 KMS server, but apparently it is failing:
The following error has occurred. Please resolve the ...
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Activation of Gmail for secondary domain fails though MX records are added in Google Cloud Platform
Gmail for the main domain is activated
I added a secondary domain. In https://admin.google.com/ the status is: varified + Gmail activation failed.
When I start activation on the last step I see that ...
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Trying to resurrect 10 year old software - can't activate Windows Server 2008 R2 and problems with Activate by Phone
I wrote a workshop database application for a client in Romania that had a Land Rover dealership a long long time ago in Access 2.0. Haven't heard from him in years, then last week he calls. He is ...
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Activation of Windows 10 enterprise in an Azure VM
I recently created an Azure VM using Windows 10 Enterprise 21H1 image.
While creating, (since I was planning to buy a Microsoft 365 F3 license seperately to activate this VM) I confirmed this in ...
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Activate Windows 10 when OEM key is missing
We are offboarding a hundred plus Dell Latitude E7470 and 7480 model laptops by reimaging them with base Windows 10 Pro, and about a quarter of them fail to activate Windows 10 Pro due to not having a ...
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AWS - Unable to activate windows after CIS hardening
I have a Server 2016 datacenter cloud server running in AWS that I "Locked Down" following the CIS L2 guidelines a year or so ago.
Recently I tried migrating the instance to a new account. ...
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0x800f0831 Activating Windows Server 2016 from trial to standard
for some reason i cannot activate windows server 2016 from evalution to standard with the standard activation through settings it post error that this version cannot be upgraded.
With powershell ...
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KMS Activation for machine that's rarely on site
We have an employee who is about to change roles. They're moving to another state, and we are accommodating this by letting them switch to a remote position. After the change, the employee will only ...
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Purchasing a license for enterprise GNU/Linux
After recent software update I have found the following message from program glat-client in system logs of some systems:
This copy of GNU/Linux is not activated. See
https://gitlab.com/glat-...
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Change Windows Activation Key as part of OBE (*before* setup is done)
Is there a way to change the activation key in Windows before you start the out of box experience (setup) on machines w/windows pre-installed? For example, say you purchase a laptop with Home ...
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