Missing DNS won't allow activation

[Stephen Conklan]

What in the heck does that mean. I am on a school network. Don't ask me to
check with the network administrator. I know more than he does. We all do
this ourselves. Yes, it is Windows Vista Business. Open license

 

[AJR]

Ok - I give up! regarding "What in the heck does that mean..." - just what
are you talking about?

 

[Ghostrider]

What in the heck does that mean. I am on a school network. Don't ask
me to check with the network administrator. I know more than he does.
We all do this ourselves. Yes, it is Windows Vista Business. Open license

Open license, as in a volume license? Perhaps it means that the computer
needs to connect through the LAN to a local domain in order to be properly
activated. If you truly know more than the network administrator, then you
should know what is the proper routing to achieve this and have access to
it.

 

[Kerry Brown]

It sounds like you used a KMS key when installing Vista. It sounds like your
KMS server is not set up properly or no one has added the appropriate SRV
record to the DNS server you have configured your computer to use.

 

[SteveC]

I hunted all over and apparently I have to use a MAK license key, which I
think I can generate. I have to do something to change the product number
or something. MS has to realize that a lot of us aren't techies but we end
up doing this. We are a poor school. It is not critical, which is why i
was doing it to make sure our schoolwide software would work when new PCs
come in with Vista preinstalled. It sort of works.

Anyone who knows what to do in simple steps to activate a Vista Business
installation with a MAK key (maybe it means manual activation key?), please
post it. Thanks y'all.

 

[SteveC]

By the way, it did not ask for a key at all; it apparently defaulted to KMS.

 

[Kerry Brown]

You should talk to whomever supplies your open license software. They are
supposed to help you with this. Failing that search the Microsoft site with
your favorite search engine.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=mak+kms+vista+site:microsoft.com&meta=

http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=mak+kms+vista+site:microsoft.com

 

[Adam Leinss]

By the way, it did not ask for a key at all; it apparently defaulted
to KMS.

Business and Enterprise editions default to KMS. This is normal.

Adam