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KMS Host Client Count not Increasing Due to Duplicate CMID'S
Hello, my name is Scott McArthur.   I am a Senior Support Escalation Engineer in the Windows group and today’s blog will cover an issue involving KMS activation and deployment of images.     This issue seems to be more prevalent today Read More...
Invalid Product Key Error Specifying MAK key in unattend.xml
Hello, my name is Scott McArthur.   I am a Senior Support Escalation Engineer in the Windows group and today’s blog will cover an issue involving specifying MAK Product Keys during setup of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.   When deploying Read More...
Update to KB968912
Hello, my name is Scott McArthur. I am a Senior Support Escalation Engineer in the Windows group and today’s blog will cover a number of issues we have encountered here in support with the following update. These updates will eventually be incorporated Read More...
KMS_Error_0xC004C008_Activating_Client
Hello, my name is Scott McArthur. I am a Senior Support Escalation Manager in the Windows group and today’s blog will cover KMS volume Activation. With Windows Vista we introduced 2 methods for activating volume license versions of Windows. Key Read More...
How To: Activate Windows Server 2008 Core Edition with MAK key over the phone
Hello my name is Scott McArthur and I am a Senior Support Escalation Engineer in the Windows group. Today we are going to discuss the steps to activate Windows Server 2008 Core edition using a MAK key via the phone. It is much easier to activate via the Read More...
KMS 1.1 For Windows Server 2003 Installation Issues
KMS 1.1 For Windows Server 2003 Installation Issues Hello my name is Scott McArthur and I am a support escalation engineer in the Windows Platforms group and specialize in activation issues. We have had a number of support calls around issues with KMS Read More...
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