found out I was using the wrong key to install, ran a script to change the
key so kms would be enabled....
i remembered reading something about this, but totally slipped my mind when
the time came to do it!
-John
"John Whites" <whitesj@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
>I used some media sent to us by our licensing company for vista and I
>installed the business edition (without entering a key)
>
> I have my KMS server set up and activated properly (verified via script,
> server is enabled and in 'licensed' state)
>
> My 29 vista machines are not activated however...so I ran
>
> c:\Windows\System32>cscript slmgr.vbs -dli
>
> on the vista machine and I got this output.
>
> Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.7
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
> Name: Windows(TM) Vista, Business edition
> Description: Windows Operating System - Vista, RETAIL channel
> Partial Product Key: MRW4W
> License Status: Initial grace period
> Time remaining: 4080 minute(s) (2 day(s))
>
>
> i have no output about the KMS at all, does that mean a wrong version of
> the media was used?
>
> -John
>