Activation Error

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Paul

Trying to activate Vista Business and get a WIndows Activation Error -
0x8007232B - DNS Name Does Not Exist.

I have internet access and have activated Office 2007 from the same network.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
 
Hi Paul,

Are you using a MAK or KMS key? The latter requires an activation server and
at least 25 machines to be activated, otherwise you should be using a MAK
key.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Had exactly the same problem - on the screen that says x days left to
active, click the option to enter a different code. Put in the same code
you already have and see if that works. I did it for our volume license and
it happily activated.

HTH
 
Thanks for your help. Re-entering my VLK worked.

Rich said:
Had exactly the same problem - on the screen that says x days left to
active, click the option to enter a different code. Put in the same code
you already have and see if that works. I did it for our volume license
and it happily activated.

HTH
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Paul said:
Thanks for your help. Re-entering my VLK worked.
Click to expand...

I thought they might have fixed this bug. I reported it with RC2 that the
key was not activating unless you re-enter the exact same key. This
obviously was not happening to everyone, but I had the issue 3 times.
 
Glad it worked - thanks for feeding back!! Unbelievable MS haven't sorted
this bug with RTM!!
 
Hello,
This is not a bug in the code. The OS is working as designed. ( the
message could be better, this is a configuration problem)
THere are two possible causes for this issue.
1) Volume license media ships with a Generic Volume License key so one
isn't entered during setup. Most people then try to run the activation
wizard. Since the generic volume license key only looks for a KMS server
and most people have not set one up yet, DNS isn't publishing your KMS
address to a KMS server cannot be located.
2) If a KMS server is setup, using a KMS product key, then there could be
network issues reaching the KMS server or the DNS server isn't taking the
KMS registrations. So DNS Is not publishing or reaching the client
machines. Proxy configuration issues are common with this issue.

So which Volume License key did you enter? Did you enter a MAK key or a
KMS key? There is a big difference in what this means when activating.
Did you read the volume license information that was available?

929712 Volume Activation information for Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;929712


Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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|>Glad it worked - thanks for feeding back!! Unbelievable MS haven't
sorted
|>this bug with RTM!!
|>
|>|>> Thanks for your help. Re-entering my VLK worked.
|>>
|>> |>>> Had exactly the same problem - on the screen that says x days left to
|>>> active, click the option to enter a different code. Put in the same
code
|>>> you already have and see if that works. I did it for our volume
license
|>>> and it happily activated.
|>>>
|>>> HTH
|>>>
|>>>
|>>> |>>>> Trying to activate Vista Business and get a WIndows Activation Error
-
|>>>> 0x8007232B - DNS Name Does Not Exist.
|>>>>
|>>>> I have internet access and have activated Office 2007 from the same
|>>>> network.
|>>>>
|>>>> Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
|>>>
|>>
|>
|>
 
Hi Darrell

Thanks for feeding back.

I entered our Corporate MAK code. At least we know what to do next time.

Even if this isn't a bug, you are right, it really REALLY could have been
worded better!! :0)

Cheers

Rich

"Darrell Gorter[MSFT]" said:
Hello,
This is not a bug in the code. The OS is working as designed. ( the
message could be better, this is a configuration problem)
THere are two possible causes for this issue.
1) Volume license media ships with a Generic Volume License key so one
isn't entered during setup. Most people then try to run the activation
wizard. Since the generic volume license key only looks for a KMS server
and most people have not set one up yet, DNS isn't publishing your KMS
address to a KMS server cannot be located.
2) If a KMS server is setup, using a KMS product key, then there could be
network issues reaching the KMS server or the DNS server isn't taking the
KMS registrations. So DNS Is not publishing or reaching the client
machines. Proxy configuration issues are common with this issue.

So which Volume License key did you enter? Did you enter a MAK key or a
KMS key? There is a big difference in what this means when activating.
Did you read the volume license information that was available?

929712 Volume Activation information for Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;929712


Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
--------------------
|>From: "Rich" <[email protected]>
|>References: <[email protected]>
<[email protected]>
<[email protected]>
|>In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
|>Subject: Re: Activation Error
|>Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:26:15 -0000
|>Lines: 29
|>MIME-Version: 1.0
|>Content-Type: text/plain;
|> format=flowed;
|> charset="iso-8859-1";
|> reply-type=response
|>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
|>X-Priority: 3
|>X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
|>X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16386
|>X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6000.16386
|>Message-ID: <[email protected]>
|>Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
|>NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.25.116.40
|>Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl
|>Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:22262
|>X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
|>
|>Glad it worked - thanks for feeding back!! Unbelievable MS haven't
sorted
|>this bug with RTM!!
|>
|>|>> Thanks for your help. Re-entering my VLK worked.
|>>
|>> |>>> Had exactly the same problem - on the screen that says x days left to
|>>> active, click the option to enter a different code. Put in the same
code
|>>> you already have and see if that works. I did it for our volume
license
|>>> and it happily activated.
|>>>
|>>> HTH
|>>>
|>>>
|>>> |>>>> Trying to activate Vista Business and get a WIndows Activation Error
-
|>>>> 0x8007232B - DNS Name Does Not Exist.
|>>>>
|>>>> I have internet access and have activated Office 2007 from the same
|>>>> network.
|>>>>
|>>>> Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
|>>>
|>>
|>
|>
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