We have an AD environment with a KMS server activating Windows and Office products. Recently we deployed 2 Windows Server 2012R2 Virtual Machines and these particular 2 guests will not activate. They can reach our KMS server and we can install keys on them. However, when we go to activate them we get "permission denied". I have pulled the machine out of the domain and added it again and get the same result.
We have:
- Rejoined the server to the domain
- Verified local administrators on the system
- Uninstalled and re-installed the product keys
- Plug and Play permission (A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;SU) is present
- https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2008385 - Method C was done with no success
- Rebuilt Tokens.dat file and tried to activate again with no progress.
- https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/978305 no success permissions on .dat file are correct.
Running slmgr.vbs /ato from an elevated command prompt gets: "Error 0x8000700005 Access denied: the requested action requires elevated privileges."
Just to clarify, we get the Access denied result from the KMS server when we try to remotely activate this server. I'm at a loss and looking for something I might have missed. DCOM permissions have also been looked at and verified.
Additonally I have tried:
"To work around this issue if you use a MAK, reactivate the system during the "Out of Tolerance" grace period by using online activation or telephone activation. To work around this issue if you use KMS, restart the computer. Or, type the following command at a command prompt, and then press ENTER: slmgr.vbs -ato"
Running slmgr.vbs /ato results in "Access Denied" from the local machine no matter if it is ran from an elevated command prompt or not.
This may need to go into a different category as it has to do with licensing. please move to the appropriate group as needed.
Thanks,
Thanks, Jeff Newbill