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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.
The "connect to your org activation server" only works on volume media, and only if the server has been configured to activate the latest version. Those keys will not work on this media. The pre-release keys will only work on test-signed builds. The last two builds that were released to Insiders were production-signed, therefore the test keys will no longer work. You can still bypass entering a key on a fresh install.
Good Month, with this activator (disable defender and antivirus option 2) I activate Windows Server 2022 build 20344. https://github.com/abbodi1406/KMS_VL_ALL_AIO
- That thing is cool as... Worked a treat. Cheers.
007pcservice
That did the trick, although Defender deleted the .cmd until I defined exclusion folder and put it here.
