This weekend I physically logged onto my Windows 2008 server machine and received the following error when I tried to activate the server:
Activation Error: Code 0x8007232b
DNS Name does not exist
To make a long story short my copy was an MSDN copy and when I downloaded it I cannot remember if I grabbed the product key or not, but I must have since it installed several weeks ago. Then for several weeks I remotely connected to it or managed it from my Vista machine using the admin tools until this weekend. I found the KB article Error message when you try to activate Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Business, or Windows Server 2008: "Code 0x8007232b" listed below and Method 2: Use a Multiple Activation Key worked for me and it also will work for Vista as well.
I might also mention that the KB article was not what I expect from the good folks at Microsoft because as far as Method 1: Set up a KMS server is concerned
The information was nearly useless unless you have a day or so to read through the docs from the Url link to try and find out how to set up the server. When you click on the supplied link it brings you to a page with the following documents none of which obviously tell you how to set up the server:
FINAL_Sean_Deuby_article.pdf
Volume Activation 2 0 Changes for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1.doc
Volume Activation 2.0 Deployment Guide.doc
Volume Activation 2.0 FAQ.doc
Volume Activation 2.0 Operations Guide.doc
Volume Activation 2.0 Overview Guide.doc
Volume Activation 2.0 Planning Guide.doc
Volume Activation 2.0 Resources.doc
Volume Activation 2.0 Technical Attributes.xls
Volume Product Key Groups.doc
My point here is that the Url should have pointed to an article like the one below and not a page with links to documents especially nasty Pdf files which I despise any way and wonder why Microsoft is even using an application from a rival
How To Install KMS Server To Activate Windows Vista Business Or Enterprise
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/04/21/how-to-install-kms-server-to-activate-windows-vista-business-or-enterprise
Error message when you try to activate Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Business, or Windows Server 2008: "Code 0x8007232b"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929826
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