Getting Error during windows Activation

Question

_{Thursday, January 16, 2020 8:15 AM}

Hi Guys,

I am provisioning windows 2012 R2 VMs using the vSphere API my VM is getting created & then I logged in as administrator using the API inside the guest and trying to activate the Windows with below powershell command.

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe slmgr /ipk "product key"  but getting below error

0xC004D302 On a computer running Microsoft Windows non-core edition, run 'slui.exe 0x2a 0xC004D302' to display the error text

but when i am running the same command on the VM after login from the administrator using the console it works.

any clue why this is happening? is there any dependency for slmgr.vbs ?

would appreciate your input here.

thanks

NM-BG

All replies (3)

_{Thursday, January 16, 2020 10:55 AM}

You should run below command to install key,

slmgr /ipk XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

to activate you should run,

slmgr /ato

reference is below,

/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-r2-and-2012/dn502540(v%3Dws.11)

/en-us/windows-server/get-started/activation-slmgr-vbs-options

http://blog.technotesdesk.com/how-to-activate-windows-server-core-2019-from-command-line

_{Friday, January 17, 2020 7:15 AM}

Hi,

If you install Windows as a guest operating system in a new virtual machine, it requires activation the same as if you had installed it on a physical computer.

We should log into the console of the VM and use the slmgr tool by running slmgr /ipk.

For your reference:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/ie/en-US/c64c8a40-40e2-4b1c-8a47-3f37adaf0834/windows-preventing-activation-0xc004d302-trusted-data-store-rearmed?forum=winserversetup

Best Regards,

Farena

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