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HugeNull
Copper Contributor
Feb 28, 2019

AVMA Activation Failing

The Host is a standard install with gui, I activated with the DataCenter Key no Issues and then I added the Hyper-V role. The VM I installed standard with gui and has no roles the VM will not activate on its own or using the AVMA key listed for Datacenter. I have used "slmgr -upk" to remove activation (eval) and receive this error when I use "slmgr /ipk H3RNG-8C32Q-Q8FRX-6TDXV-WMBMW". When you type in the error code it says it an activation issue call Microsoft and then has a hyperlink that dumps you in the Windows 10 activation page. I have called microsoft support multiple times and they just point me to Paid Support ($500 single case) of which I do not have a support plan. Windows updates have been installed on both machines with no change to outcome, and yes I have tried rebooting. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

 

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  • Thanks for the Info. I only used the eval media because without access to the volume licensing center it was the only ISO source available.

     

    I used   

    dism /online /Set-Edition:ServerDataCenter /AcceptEULA /ProductKey:<Retail Key>

     

    and it converted the eval edition to retail then used 

    slmgr /ipk H3RNG-8C32Q-Q8FRX-6TDXV-WMBMW

     

    To change the retail key to the AVMA key, not sure why I didn't think to try the retail key with the dism cmd but you comment gave me the idea. I also got a hold of a retail ISO. 

  • dretzer's avatar
    dretzer
    Iron Contributor

    As far as I know you can't use AVMA to convert Eval to Retail. You should not use an Evaluation-Media to install your VM's in the first place. You already have a Server Datacenter Retail license so you should just use the same installation media for your VM's. The retail installations will auto-activate with an AVMA Key.

    If you have some specific reason why you have to use Eval-Media for your VM's, you need a Retail-Productkey to convert them to retail-version. AVMA will not work here.

    If you have a retail product key you want to use, just use the DISM-command you already tried, but with the retail product key for ServerDatacenter.

    • HugeNull's avatar
      HugeNull
      Copper Contributor

      Thanks for the Info. I only used the eval media because without access to the volume licensing center it was the only ISO source available.

       

      I used   

      dism /online /Set-Edition:ServerDataCenter /AcceptEULA /ProductKey:<Retail Key>

       

      and it converted the eval edition to retail then used 

      slmgr /ipk H3RNG-8C32Q-Q8FRX-6TDXV-WMBMW

       

      To change the retail key to the AVMA key, not sure why I didn't think to try the retail key with the dism cmd but you comment gave me the idea. I also got a hold of a retail ISO. 

  • Might also try;

    dism /online /Set-Edition:ServerDataCenter /AcceptEULA /ProductKey:H3RNG-8C32Q-Q8FRX-6TDXV-WMBMW

     

     

     

    • HugeNull's avatar
      HugeNull
      Copper Contributor

      I forgot to list that I had tried that as well, thank you for the response tho.  

       

       

      • What's the result of;

        Dism /Online /Get-CurrentEdition

        Dism /Online /Get-TargetEditions

         

         

         

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