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Windows Server Preview Build 20344 requesting product key
Mary Hoffman Running setup, Windows Server Preview Build 20344 is requesting a product key and no way to continue without entering one. Previous PK's do not work; how are we supposed to install an...
This one got me for a few minutes too. After looking again, in the announcement post, it says to skip putting in a product key. I did so using the old school way of using an ei.cfg, and it worked.
To do so, extract the contents of the iso to a folder, go to the sources folder, make a new text file called ei.cfg and put this in it:
[Channel]Retail[VL]0
Then running setup shouldn't ask you about a product key.
VDYBN-27WPP-V4HQT-9VMD4-VMK7H
If you start from an existing OS, the option to skip pkey may not show up. This is how it looks on a fresh install. Note the "I don't have a product key" option.
- That's exactly it
the option to skip pkey >may not< show up.
they do not show up on inplace upgrades of previous 2022 versions.
Here are the keys though
Server Standard: MFY9F-XBN2F-TYFMP-CCV49-RMYVH
Server Datacenter: 2KNJJ-33Y9H-2GXGX-KMQWH-G6H67Please I have written the code that works. VDYBN-27WPP-V4HQT-9VMD4-VMK7H
[Stop asking for key]
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- These are the old keys that no longer work.
