Hello,
Where did you get the key from and you need to check with them as to
whether the key is a MAK or a KMS VL key?
If it's a KMS key you are setting up a KMS server and that is not what you
want. The person who gave you the key should know that.
You install the key from an elevated cmd prompt.
then run slmgr -ipk xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
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|>I have a product key. How can I enter it manually?
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|>Peter
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|>"Joe Morris" wrote:
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|>>
|>> >> I have installed (dual boot) Vista Business on my laptop. I have
|>> >> a product code but was never asked for it during the installation
|>> >> process. This is a volume license situation. I am unable to
|>> >> activate the program and get the "DNS not known" message. From
|>> >> reading postings in this newsgroup, I suspect I need something
|>> >> called a MAK key (from the college? from Microsoft?). Assuming
|>> >> this is my problem, how would I apply such a key if I obtained one.
|>>
|>> > Vista Business is not a volume license product, Vista Enterprise is.
|>>
|>> Um...that's not quite right. Volume license agreement (VLA) customers
with the appropriate agreement in place have the right to use a volume
license version of Vista Business. (Demo: it's available for download from
Microsoft's volume license server.) Vista Enterprise is available only to
volume license customers who have additionally signed on the dotted line
(and paid!) for Software Assurance. Interestingly, Microsoft does not
offer Windows Ultimate to its volume license customers.
|>>
|>> The OP's experience suggests that he has installed a volume-license
copy, since the reference to DNS indicates that it's looking for a KMS (Key
Management Server) system to obtain a product ID and activation. With
volume licenses you don't have to provide a product ID at installation, but
it must be provided -- either by manually entering a VLA product ID
manually, or by KMS -- before the box will activate.
|>>
|>> > If you
|>> > have the latter, then you need to contact your IT people for the
|>> > proper server address for their KMS key. A MAK key will activate
|>> > against Microsoft's servers.
|>>
|>> The end user shouldn't need to know the IP address (and port!) of the
KMS service if the IT staff have allowed the KMS box to publish its
information to the DNS server, or have manually set up the SRV entry for
the MKS box on DNS. (Interestingly, Microsoft doesn't use proprietary DNS
extensions for this; any DNS server that supports SRV records per RFC 2782
should work.) The MS documentation notes that an installation may need to
punch holes through any firewalls that stand between the client and the KMS
system.
|>>
|>> In any case, if if the OP was provided with a VLA disk the IT staff
should have provided instructions on how to activate it. That's where the
OP needs to go, either (as you (Rick) said) to get the MAK for the account,
or to get their attention (or company management's attention) on the
subject of how to reach the KMS box.
|>>
|>> Joe Morris
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