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October 2009 - Posts

Windows must be reinstalled to activate! Server 2008...

 After installing SP2 on server 2008 before activating, I found a nice little error stating i needed to reinstall windows! bah! the following works for not just Vista, but also 2008 Server

1) Open Internet Browser

2) Type %windir%\system32 into the browser address bar.

3) Find the file CMD.exe

4) Right-Click on CMD.exe and select 'Run as Administrator'

5) Type: net stop slsvc  (it may ask you if you are sure, select yes)

6) Type: cd %windir%\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareLicensing

7) Type: rename tokens.dat tokens.bar

8) Type: cd %windir%\system32

9) Type net start slsvc

10) Type: cscript slmgr.vbs -rilc

11) Reboot

 

http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/genuinevista/thread/d8c7d689-ccb7-4dc2-ab97-40988db8524d

Apologies on Formatting

Apologies on the formatting of Cisco Article....Community Server needs some work on article writing - the info is there though 

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