Hello Tony,
Open an elevated CMD prompt.
Run slmgr /dlv and report back the results.
<X out any private information> from the output
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
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| >Thread-Topic: Online Activation of Windows Server 2008 Times Out
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| >Subject: Online Activation of Windows Server 2008 Times Out
| >Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:37:02 -0800
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| >I recently installed two Windows Server 2008 VMs on a 2008 Core Hyper-V
| >server - one is a Web and the other is a Standard Edition. I used the
| >TechNet ISOs and keys during the installation.
| >
| >After installation, I successfully got then on the network and online
and
| >downloaded all pertinent updates from Windows Update. My network icon
in the
| >tray says I have Local and Internet access.
| >
| >Every time I try to "Activate Windows now," I get this error:
| >
| >Code: 0x800705B4
| >Description: This operation returned because the timeout period expired.
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| >Can anyone give me an idea of what's going wrong here? Why can't I
activate?
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