I have downloaded both server standard and essentials and put the Iso onto a USB stick and tried to install them on a virgin server with clean drives which are formatted.
The USB boots and starts the install and then comes up looking a license key? Checked emails, check in the USB image no key.
Maybe I am missing the elephant here but have had to pull the intended OS drive and plug linux back in.
Tech pages absolutely no help at all?
The evaluation versions of Windows Server require the server to be connected to the internet to activate. Alternatively you can phone or grab a 10 days grace period.
Steps to Activate Software License
Connect to the internet, which will allow the software licensing service >to attempt activation Telephone activation Users with no internet connectivity can trigger the 10-day grace period by running the following commands from an elevated command prompt:
Slmgr /rearm
Shutdown –r
