@dbeato said in Windows 10 IOT Enterprise:

@dafyre said in Windows 10 IOT Enterprise:

@Dashrender said in Windows 10 IOT Enterprise:

Though - now that I think about it - does IOT require activation? I thought it was free?

If there is an enterprise version of IOT - I have no clue

In my reading, Windows 10 IOT will attempt to activate (nor will it complain) if you never connect the device to the internet. Of course, once you connect it, it will try to activate.

Interesting, I didn't understand this part

By default, KMS clients on your Windows IoT Enterprise with no additional configuration needed.

It will act like a regular desktop and activate against your KMS server if you hook it up to the network.

@hobbit666 said in Windows 10 Pro Volume License (KMS) to OEM/BIOS:

Yeah the upgrade keys were full upgrade not vl keys.

I think they"expired" because we removed our Kms server a while ago.

Any way it all works now 😁

Well - the expire notice is, as you said, because the VLMK ISO that was used to install these machines making them KMS/MAK dependant, can't contact a KMS server. You can fix this by replacing the KMS key with a MAK key. Then the machine will activate directly against MS and you'll be golden.

I had to do this for a Win7 machine I moved off my main network and onto a private network that only had direct internet access - i.e. it could no longer reach my KMS server.

Dec 2019 I'm going to have to move another Win7 machine to a totally isolated network. I'm guessing I'm going to need to get it to an OEM Key, activate against MS, then it should be fine forever being offline.

@nerdydad said in MS Windows Server 2016 Datacenter not activating:

@aaronstuder said in MS Windows Server 2016 Datacenter not activating:

@nerdydad any firewalls in the way?

No firewalls this go around. There have been some network changes, but nothing in the way of firewalls.

@tim_g said in MS Windows Server 2016 Datacenter not activating:

@nerdydad said in MS Windows Server 2016 Datacenter not activating:

Have a MS Windows Server 2016 Datacenter that won't activate. I have tried GUI in system properties and settings and have tried DISM. Ran for updates and all patched up. Tried activation again, and not working. Anybody have any ideas?

What's the error you get?

Typically it was that it can't upgrade the server to that licensing because it was already there.

@black3dynamite said in MS Windows Server 2016 Datacenter not activating:

Have you tried activating using Windows Software Licensing Management Tool?
slmgr.vbs

I didn't know this existed, but will hold on to it for the future. Thanks.

The SLMGR is awesome
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askcore/2016/10/19/windows-server-2016-volume-activation-tips/

@Dashrender said:

to bad you didn't have the Win 7 VL code they used to have (I'm assuming you can't find it on the VL website under their account?)

because if you can, I'd just use that, again calling if it won't activate with an MAK.