I used the KMS key and it worked just fine. YMMV. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 2:18 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Vista Activation and KMS
But the MVLS admin has to request the MAK keys... on mine the KMS were default and I had to request MAK (like Brian said) Tim Vander Kooi wrote: > > You need to go to Control Panel > System then at the bottom select > Change Product Key. This will allow you to enter your VL key which > will result in Vista activating via the web. Definitely not well > documented unfortunately. > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Brian Cline > *Sent:* Monday, December 04, 2006 11:45 AM > *To:* ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > *Subject:* [ActiveDir] OT: Vista Activation and KMS > > > > I was testing out the RTM of Vista Enterprise last night and noticed I > didn't have to enter a key at any point during the install. When > Windows tried to activate, it told me there was a DNS error, so I > suspected it looks for a local activation server by default. Sure > enough, in the DNS cache was a lookup for a nonexistent > _vlmcs._tcp.domain.com. Upon further research, it appears Microsoft > has not released KMS yet, and I couldn't find any option to activate > directly with Microsoft. For the moment, is telephone activation the > only option? > > Brian Cline, Applications Developer > Department of Information Technology > G&P Trucking Company, Inc. > 803.936.8595 Direct Line > 800.922.1147 Toll-Free (x8595) > 803.739.1176 Fax > -- Letting your vendors set your risk analysis these days? http://www.threatcode.com If you are a SBSer and you don't subscribe to the SBS Blog... man ... I will hunt you down... http://blogs.technet.com/sbs List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir@mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir@mail.activedir.org/
