Vista - Vista Enterprise Activation

Windows Vista Volume Activation 2.0 Step-By-Step Guide
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../bb335288.aspx

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"dba-tamuk" wrote:

> So, yeah... Obviously, I can't activate the 'ole Windows Vista. Yet another
> Micro$haft product with bugs in it.
>
> I tried online activation, which gives me the error code:
> 0x8007232C
> DNS request not supported by name server.
>
> How do I found out which name server it could possibly be!? Using the name
> server request seems a bit redundant. Why did they opt for a DNS request,
> instead of using a static server?
>
> Second: I tried 'slui.exe 4' and no go... The drop-down box stays gray with
> 'Afghanistan' as the active selection. How can I bypass the locked drop-down
> box and get a number?
>
> If my ISP is blocking DNS requests, why should they trust someone and allow
> that traffic, when it's obviously being blocked for security reasons!?
> Obviously, Micro$haft didn't think this one through...
>

"dba-tamuk" <dbatamuk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:136E027D-E54F-4892-8A88-B390B869D2AC@microsoft.com...
> So, yeah... Obviously, I can't activate the 'ole Windows Vista. Yet
> another
> Micro$haft product with bugs in it.
>
> I tried online activation, which gives me the error code:
> 0x8007232C
> DNS request not supported by name server.
>
> How do I found out which name server it could possibly be!? Using the name
> server request seems a bit redundant. Why did they opt for a DNS request,
> instead of using a static server?
>
> Second: I tried 'slui.exe 4' and no go... The drop-down box stays gray
> with
> 'Afghanistan' as the active selection. How can I bypass the locked
> drop-down
> box and get a number?
>
> If my ISP is blocking DNS requests, why should they trust someone and
> allow
> that traffic, when it's obviously being blocked for security reasons!?
> Obviously, Micro$haft didn't think this one through...

When you installed you didn't specify a product key. In fact, you weren't
asked for one. Enterprise versions install with a special KMS key that tell
the activation service to look for a DNS record for your KMS server.
Obviously that won't extend outside of your organization.

You can A) bring it to work where on that network, if the admins installed
the KMS server correctly, your PC will be able to find the KMS record

or

B) See if your IT department also has MAK keys. You can then, at a DOS box
(with administrative rights) enter the command ...

cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ipk <productkey>
(replacing <productkey> with the MAK key your IT folks gave you, followed
by...

cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ato
to perform the activation process.

So, no "bugs" as you put it (at least in this situation), it's you who are
not using the product as designed.