i havent used the key or and software but can confirm it works i used a proxy but once verified took proxy off and it continued to work .... btw i found IE8 gave problem when trying to put in the username and password to verify had to resort to Firefox but once verified could use IE8
I cannot access the site from South Africa. Have tried all the proxies mention, even without, but the page does not want to load. FF and IE is doing the same
Just worked for me from the US with no proxy. Took about 2 minutes. Hope the key works!! I've been waiting for a key/activator to put R2 on my home server.
The key that you get, how long will that work? Is it like a trial account, where you get like 180 days or something? Also, if it's like a retail, can someone tell me if, once activated, Microsoft could somehow disable my activation later on? I just dont get it, why would students get a free Windows 2008 R2 key? Doesn't make sense.
Why not? With keys from Dreamspark students don't get rights to use MS products for commercial purpose, only for educational. All activation details are shown by executing this command: slmgr.vbs -dlv If it doesn't show any time limitations, then there're no any.
I love it. Most people don't use server for commercial purposes anyway, but for personal computing use.
Welcome to MDL, but I agree with Sebus, have you even tried? Sorry I don't have a million keys laying around for those that don't know where they are stuck, or wont even try.
Here go to Dreamspark, and find out why they get a free key etc. Then if it still doesn't make sense, then please install Windows 7 or Vista, this is not for you. People this has been around A LONG time over a year now, it works, if you don't believe then don't attempt it. I have several servers that have been activated over a year before I shared this with MDL. So in the future if you don't believe it, then GOOGLE is your friend. It even states on the front of dreamspark why they are doing it.
I know isn't it funny, but MS invests more in their server OS then their commercial. Granted they are built on the same foundation but my Server is 3 times faster then it's twin Vista.
That happened to me after I made three keys in a row. Then I switched to another IP and I could continue making an additional two keys. 5 Keys got to be enough for a couple of reformats in the future.