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Change Product Key On Windows Server 2008

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Open the command prompt and navigate to %windir%\System32 directory

slmgr.vbs -cpky (this clears the KMS entry you may have)
slmgr.vbs -upk (this removes any product key installed)
slmgr.vbs -ipk xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx (where the x’s are the new product key you want to use)
slmgr.vbs -ato (this activates the server)

Type slmgr.vbs for further options….

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Jenish said in June 30th, 2012 at 11:22 pm

The product Key for Windows Server 2008 R2 is
TU33H-S719P-45UM5-23PWQ-WQ8ME

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ScottDayOh said in September 26th, 2012 at 12:07 am

I cannot tell you how big a thanks I owe you.

I have an MSDN version of Win Server 2008 on two servers (Dev & Test), but they wouldn’t activate. It was suggested to try slmgr.vbs -ipk, but never -cpky!

They were actually telling me that I must have downloaded Server 2008 from another source and that’s why my key wasn’t working! Geez.

Thanks a million, danovich!

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Marzo 12th said in March 17th, 2013 at 10:40 am

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