Derek's Musings » activation http://www.incandetech.com/derek I'm right. You're wrong. Don't take it personally. It's just how things are. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:23:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Windows Vista / Windows 7 Activation Error 0x8007232B http://www.incandetech.com/derek/2009/10/12/windows-vista-windows-7-activation-error-0x8007232b/ http://www.incandetech.com/derek/2009/10/12/windows-vista-windows-7-activation-error-0x8007232b/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:18:23 +0000 Derek http://www.incandetech.com/derek/?p=71 If you get this error while attempting to activate Windows…

Windows_NT_6.x_Activation_KMS_DNS_Error
…then re-enter your product key. That’s it.

You’re most likely using an enterprise copy of Windows Vista or Windows 7 (or Windows Server 2008 or R2) that’s set to activate using a KMS key, instead of a MAK key. A KMS key requires a license server on the network to activate against, which if you’re at home or in a smaller business one probably doesn’t exist. Re-entering the product key forces Windows to activate against the Microsoft server(s).

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