How to activate the trial version?

[kingcu]

Greetings, everyone.

I just installed a trial version of Windows 2008 Server standard edition and followed the guide to convert it to a workstation – thanks a lot to the author of the great work. Now, I wonder how to activate this trial version. Any help/advice will be highly appreciated.

Regards,
wt

[trenchant]

You can’t activate the product without a legal registration key. I wouldn’t hold my breath if I were you and I were looking for an illegal way of validating. Looks like microsoft locked down pretty good on registrations.

I’m running 2k8 server provided free of charge by DreamSpark. It’s a program offered by Microsoft giving free software to students around the world. I’m not sure if you’re familiar with it?

[kingcu]

Thanks. I got a key from DreamSpark too. Just found the place to activate, in case someone doesn’t know it: right click on “Computer”, select “Properties”, at the bottom of the dialog is the activation link.

[Milli]

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