I am building a test lab with version of Windows Server 2003 Enterprise in my Hyper-V environment. This Windows Server 2003 64 bit was downloaded from MSDN. This is needed to install a specific version of older Microsoft product.
Can someone help me understand how I can activate Windows 2003 64 bit, SP1 (from MSDN)? I have tried every step from this article except an activation via the phone.
I am getting this error message:
Unable to establish a connection with the activation server. Please check your network settings and confirm that you are able to connect to the Internet, then try again.
Message number: 32777
System Properties
When activating Windows Server 2003
Internet is configured and working
What I tried + More info
- Firewall termporarily disabled.
- I do not have any proxies used.
- Internet Explorer Echanced Security Configuration is turned off
- I have turned offcertificate revocation in Internet Explorer. As suggested here.
Any help would be really appreciated.
21 Answer
As was suggested by someone, the automated activations might not be supported any longer. As a result, I ended up calling the toll-free number and was able to successfully activate Windows Server 2003.
Background: Even though it's an old and unsupported OS, I still need it to setup an old version of another unsupported MS product on top of it.
