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      JaredBusch @IT-ADMIN
      last edited by JaredBusch

      @IT-ADMIN said:

      @JaredBusch said:

      @IT-ADMIN said:

      @JaredBusch said:

      @Dashrender every single P2V i have ever done has caused Windows to drop its authentic status and require reactivation. I have never seen it stay activated.

      i get shocked, my dream to visualize is broken 😞

      Are you servers licensed now? I thought they were. I thought it was only your desktop stuff that was not licensed.
      There is no reason the key should fail to reactivate on the new (virtual) hardware.

      unfortunately i don't have the windows server 2008 R2 key, when i start working in this company i found 2 windows servers that are activated but i don't have the key 😞
      so i think there is no chance to activate the V again

      save this as displaykey.vbs and then double click on it.

      Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
      MsgBox ConvertToKey(WshShell.RegRead("HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId"))
      
      Function ConvertToKey(Key)
      Const KeyOffset = 52
      i = 28
      Chars = "BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789"
      Do
      Cur = 0
      x = 14
      Do
      Cur = Cur * 256
      Cur = Key(x + KeyOffset) + Cur
      Key(x + KeyOffset) = (Cur \ 24) And 255
      Cur = Cur Mod 24
      x = x -1
      Loop While x >= 0
      i = i -1
      KeyOutput = Mid(Chars, Cur + 1, 1) & KeyOutput
      If (((29 - i) Mod 6) = 0) And (i <> -1) Then
      i = i -1
      KeyOutput = "-" & KeyOutput
      End If
      Loop While i >= 0
      ConvertToKey = KeyOutput
      End Function
      
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        JaredBusch
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        I would still test a P2V in such a way that your current server could still be turned back on in case it does not activate.

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          IT-ADMIN
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          so i will past this in a text file and save as displaykey.vbs and run it on my server, isn't it ??

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            DustinB3403 @IT-ADMIN
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            @IT-ADMIN Yes.

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              IT-ADMIN @JaredBusch
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              @JaredBusch said:

              I would still test a P2V in such a way that your current server could still be turned back on in case it does not activate.

              can i run this on my windows 7 for trial, because i'm fear this script would do something on the server

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                IT-ADMIN
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                it is still production time

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                  DustinB3403 @IT-ADMIN
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                  @IT-ADMIN Yeah you can attempt the P2V on any system you have so you know how it is performed.

                  Ideally running it on your servers should only be done once you're comfortable doing that.

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                    dafyre
                    last edited by dafyre

                    @DustinB3403 -- Will that script work on any version of WIndows for the most part?

                    @IT-ADMIN -- You can run it on Windows 7 and see. That script doesn't actually change any thing on your computer. It just looks at some stuff in the registry and does some math things to get the key out.

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                      Dashrender @IT-ADMIN
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                      @IT-ADMIN said:

                      it is still production time

                      Yes you can run this on Windows 7 first.

                      all this script does is pull the cd key from the computer and convert it back into the key that was typed in during install.

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                        JaredBusch @dafyre
                        last edited by JaredBusch

                        @dafyre said:

                        @DustinB3403 -- Will that script work on any version of WIndows for the most part?

                        It works on any version of Windows I have ever ran it on. Vista, 7, 8, and 10

                        Note: Windows 10 upgraded devices all use the same fake key. So there is no point in running it on Windows 10 unless it was installed with its own key.

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                          IT-ADMIN
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                          wow, i run it on my Win 7, it shows me the key
                          2015-10-27_182408.png

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                            Dashrender
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                            yep, now do that on your server and you'll have the key.

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                              IT-ADMIN
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                              wait i will run the script on the server and tell you the result

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                                Dashrender
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                                once you have the key, you could search google and see if anything comes up on that key. MS sometimes releases blog posts about keys they have killed due to piracy.

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                                  IT-ADMIN
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                                  great, i run the script and it shows me the key, incredible
                                  thank you very much dear @JaredBusch

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                                    JaredBusch @IT-ADMIN
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                                    @IT-ADMIN said:

                                    great, i run the script and it shows me the key, incredible
                                    thank you very much dear @JaredBusch

                                    Still does not mean your key is valid or not. that is different. But now you at least have the informaiton available.

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                                      IT-ADMIN
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                                      so now i have the activation key thanks to @JaredBusch,, i'm ready to go
                                      the next step is P2V, shutdown the P, run the V on my hypervisor and activate my VM with the key, Done

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                                        JaredBusch @IT-ADMIN
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                                        @IT-ADMIN said:

                                        so now i have the activation key thanks to @JaredBusch,, i'm ready to go
                                        the next step is P2V, shutdown the P, run the V on my hypervisor and activate my VM with the key, Done

                                        And if it fails to activate, you can just turn the P back on.

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                                          Dashrender
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                                          Typically when you have to reactive you don't have to enter the key - it's already in the system. If it fails, you can try entering it manually, but I would guess it would fail again.

                                          At that point, you could try calling to get activation, but that's up to you.

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                                            IT-ADMIN @JaredBusch
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                                            @JaredBusch said:

                                            @IT-ADMIN said:

                                            great, i run the script and it shows me the key, incredible
                                            thank you very much dear @JaredBusch

                                            Still does not mean your key is valid or not. that is different. But now you at least have the informaiton available.

                                            what can make it not valid ?? the P is working with the same key ! and it is activated

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