windows server 2008 r2 evaluation activating error

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  1. nethum shan

    nethum shan MDL Novice

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    hi i'm trying to activate windows server 2008 r2 evaluation. but i'm getting error "the product key you typed has been blocked by microsoft" - 0xc004c003. i try every solution in google. none of them were worked. can you help me to fix this issue?
     
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    the same thing happened to Windows 10 evaluations, no way to activate the evaluation right now.
    But what you can do is converting it to a full install and activate it with KMS.
     
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    how to do it?
     
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    Can you run the activation check and post the content of the output of the cmd here?