SergeR Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 So I have two images set up based on the same VM and I am running into a strange activation error upon install. I get the error "DNS name does not exist" on just ONE of the images, the other one activates fine. Every advice I saw on the web is to use a MAK key instead of a KMS because the error points to a problem reaching to a KMS server- however, I am using a MAK key (entered in the Smart Deploy prompt while creating the image) and there lies my dilemma what I am doing wrong. Also, when I use the very same key to activate manually, it works. I have deleted the image and recreated to eliminate the possibility of a bad key, no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmartDeploySupport Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 Is this Windows 7 Professional VL by chance? You may just have to force the key and activation with tasks. Deploy Wizard, Advanced, Tasks…FIRSTBOOTcscript.exe c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs –ipk XXXXX- XXXXX- XXXXX- XXXXX- XXXXXcscript.exe c:\windows\system32\slmrg.vbs –ato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SergeR Posted December 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 Is this Windows 7 Professional VL by chance? You may just have to force the key and activation with tasks. Deploy Wizard, Advanced, Tasks… FIRSTBOOT cscript.exe c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs –ipk XXXXX- XXXXX- XXXXX- XXXXX- XXXXX cscript.exe c:\windows\system32\slmrg.vbs –ato Is this "Deploy wizard" part of WDS or SD itself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SergeR Posted December 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 Is this "Deploy wizard" part of WDS or SD itself? And the OS is 7 Enterprise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmartDeploySupport Posted December 5, 2015 Report Share Posted December 5, 2015 The Deploy Wizard is part of SmartDeploy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SergeR Posted December 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2015 I must have the wrong version then..when I look at the SD console...where would it be: Activities, Ref Machine Lib, Img Lib, P Pack Lib, Answer file Lib, Tools? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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