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I bought new hardware and re-installed Windows Server 2019 Essentials (I have disc and product key) but the product key is no longer accepted.
I have searched and found various suggestions but none of them so far worked for me. I now have a temporary license that expires in 144 days.
Can someone help out? I suspect I need to call Microsoft support and get activation keys but can no longer locate the support phone number :-(
Best,
Paal
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Ok well for the Essentials product key you may need to get different install media.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2019-essentials
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Just checking if there's any progress or updates?
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Sorry, overlooked this reply. Trying it out now - thanks!
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Hi Dave,
Thank you so much for your patience and your help. My Windows Server is now successfully activated :-)
Glad to hear, you're welcome.
What's the results of;
Dism /Online /Get-CurrentEdition
and
Dism /Online /Get-TargetEditions
And
But it seems that my product key (which I have on the cover of the DVD package) cannot be validated:
C:\Windows\Logs\DISM>Dism /online /Set-Edition:ServerStandard /ProductKey:xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-KQDGQ /AcceptEula
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.17763.3406
Image Version: 10.0.17763.4974
Error: 0x8a010101
The specified product key could not be validated.
Check that the specified product key is valid and that it matches the target edition.
The DISM log file can be found at C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log
Is it a Standard or Essentials product key? Also try the KMS keys here.
It's an Essentials product key.
I tried both Standard and Essentials KMS keys but no success.
It's an Essentials product key.
I tried both the Standard and the Essentials KMS product keys but no success.