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PGomersall
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Apr 28, 2021
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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...
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  • JonathanKay's avatar
    JonathanKay
    Apr 28, 2021

    PGomersall 

    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.

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Dmytro-K
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Apr 29, 2021

Thanks a lot for information about new key.
Provided key work fine, did upgrade of the Server2022 without option to keep anything,
however all my files and server settings remains in current state, no issues or losses of data.

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