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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / Setup and Deployment / May 2008Activation of my Windows Vista Enterprise
When I try to activate my newly installed Windows Vista Enterprise an error message appears saying: DNS-naam bestaat niet. (in English DNS-name doesn't exist). So I'm unable to activate my Windows Vista. This may result in problems within 3 days. My vista license is a MS-KISS license.  SignatureR. Broeckhoven Ask your System Administrator! You have installed this at work, haven't you???? SignatureMick Murphy - Qld - Australia > When I try to activate my newly installed Windows Vista Enterprise an error > message appears saying: DNS-naam bestaat niet. (in English DNS-name doesn't > exist). > So I'm unable to activate my Windows Vista. This may result in problems > within 3 days. > My vista license is a MS-KISS license. > When I try to activate my newly installed Windows Vista Enterprise an > error [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > within 3 days. > My vista license is a MS-KISS license. I have no idea what an "MS-KISS" license is, but assuming that you have a legal copy of Enterprise your employer must have an appropriate volume license under which it has purchased Software Assurance. Given that, there are two ways to activate it: 1) Obtain the appropriate MAK (Multiple Activation Key) from your company's IT staff, then use the same procedures for activation that are used by retail customers. 2) If (and only if) your IT staff has set up a KMS (Key Management Server) correctly, AND (and this is not documented anywhere I've seen) you are connected to the network to which the KMS is attached when the computer is booted, an activation good for 180 days will automatically occur. Note that with this option you do not enter a product ID when you install Enterprise. From your description it sounds like it can't find a KMS box (which it does through SRV records on the DNS server). If at boot time the machine can never be on the net to which the KMS is attached you can manually tell it where to find the KMS, but you'll need to talk to your IT staff to find its name. Alternatively, you aren't using the a DNS server that's been set up to point to the KMS. You might also ask your IT staff management why it didn't provide you with this information in the first place. Joe Morris >When I try to activate my newly installed Windows Vista Enterprise an error >message appears saying: DNS-naam bestaat niet. (in English DNS-name doesn't >exist). >So I'm unable to activate my Windows Vista. This may result in problems >within 3 days. >My vista license is a MS-KISS license. Aren't all Enterprise licenses volume licenses, which aren't activated via the Activation Wizard, but use a local activation server? Enterprise licenses are not consumer licenses, anyway. Hopefully, I am misinformed. Talk to your System admin, if possible. Donald L McDaniel Please reply to the original newsgroup and thread. ======================================================== Hello, Yes all Windows Vista Enterprise installation use volume license media. By default they look for the local activation server ( KMS Server) which you would not use the activation wizard for. If the product key is changed to MAK ( multiple activation key), then the activation wizard would be used to activate just like a retail version of Windows Vista. Thanks, Darrell Gorter[MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights -------------------- | >From: Donald L McDaniel <orthocross@gmail.com> | >Subject: Re: Activation of my Windows Vista Enterprise [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] | >Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl | >Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup:40369 | >X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup | > | >On Wed, 28 May 2008 23:05:00 -0700, Raf | ><Raf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: | > | >>When I try to activate my newly installed Windows Vista Enterprise an error | >>message appears saying: DNS-naam bestaat niet. (in English DNS-name doesn't | >>exist). | >>So I'm unable to activate my Windows Vista. This may result in problems [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] | >Please reply to the original newsgroup and thread. | >======================================================== Enterprise is a new name for Volume. But, Microsoft has put a stop to the pirating of them, as in what happend in XP days , by requiring that they be re-activated every 6 months via a specific Server. If this poster does not know how, it is stolen! SignatureMick Murphy - Qld - Australia > >When I try to activate my newly installed Windows Vista Enterprise an error > >message appears saying: DNS-naam bestaat niet. (in English DNS-name doesn't [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Please reply to the original newsgroup and thread. > ======================================================== Hello Mick, Business also has a Volume SKU so it's not limited to Enterprise SKU. MSDN and Technet also make Windows Vista Enterprise available. MSDN and Technet supply a MAK key as part of your subscription they don't tell you it's volume media so you don't really know that it is. You are not prompted to enter a Product Key during setup for any volume media installation. Once the installaton is completed, you do not know that you need to change your product key to a MAK key. So you run the wizard and get the error message. Thanks, Darrell Gorter[MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights -------------------- | >Thread-Topic: Activation of my Windows Vista Enterprise | >thread-index: AcjB9f29YijMpfLLQTq8A4hgTFIw3g== | >X-WBNR-Posting-Host: 121.50.205.107 | >From: =?Utf-8?B?TWljayBNdXJwaHk=?= <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> | >References: <2519B824-76B0-4944-A02C-95E03644A625@microsoft.com> <5jss34l0uh7k4pa3tuno23souqb80kjnj4@4ax.com> | >Subject: Re: Activation of my Windows Vista Enterprise | >Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 18:39:24 -0700 [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] | >Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl | >Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup:40383 | >NNTP-Posting-Host: tk2msftibfm01.phx.gbl 10.40.244.149 | >X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup | > | >Enterprise is a new name for Volume. | >But, Microsoft has put a stop to the pirating of them, as in what happend in | >XP days , by requiring that they be re-activated every 6 months via a | >specific Server. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] | >> | >> >When I try to activate my newly installed Windows Vista Enterprise an error | >> >message appears saying: DNS-naam bestaat niet. (in English DNS-name doesn't | >> >exist). | >> >So I'm unable to activate my Windows Vista. This may result in problems | >> >within 3 days. | >> >My vista license is a MS-KISS license. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] | >> Please reply to the original newsgroup and thread. | >> ======================================================== > Enterprise is a new name for Volume. No, Enterprise is just another in the bewildering jungle of Vista configurations, which include Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, and Ultimate. It's roughly the equivalent of Ultimate without the non-business tools such as parential controls. Disks for Vista Business are available in both normal (retail and OEM) and volume flavors; Enterprise only in volume media. Volume customers can install Ultimate, but MS does not provide volume license media, and neither MAK or KMS work with it. > But, Microsoft has put a stop to the pirating of them, as in what happend > in > XP days , by requiring that they be re-activated every 6 months via a > specific Server. Um...if a volume-license installation is configured with an MAK then activation works exactly like it does for retail users. If it is instead activated by a KMS, then the activation is good for only 180 days (plus a 30-day grace period) -- but any KMS that supports Vista can activate any Vista client that's eligible for KMS activation. > If this poster does not know how, it is stolen! Possible but not proven. End users -- especially in organizations where Vista is licensed but which have not begun to support it for their staff -- may be experimenting with it but are unfamiliar with the all-too-numerous gotchas one encounters in activation. Joe Morris I would like to thank everyone who replied to my post (so quick!). THis was the first time I used this forum. Unfortunately my information wasn't complete. I'm sorry for that. The installation is on my home PC which is connected with my small wireless network via a Linksys router. Furthermore, I can work on the Internet normally through this same computer, so I don't understand the reason of this error message concerning the DNS-name. The MS-KISS license is a volume license for educational organisations (cfr. schools). I'm a teacher and I have the permission to use this license key at home under the license agreement between my school and Microsoft. Meanwhile only 2 days left before my Vista wil not work properly anymore. So I'm a bit concerned. Kind regards, SignatureR. Broeckhoven > Enterprise is a new name for Volume. > But, Microsoft has put a stop to the pirating of them, as in what happend in [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Please reply to the original newsgroup and thread. > > ======================================================== Hello, You need to get a MAK key from your administrator. When you have a volume license agreement the company or school can get both a MAK and a KMS key. If you are not connected to their network and\or your machine is never connected to thier network, the only other option is activate using the MAK key. Contact the administrator of the MS-KISS agreement to help locating your schools MAK key. Thanks, Darrell Gorter[MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights -------------------- | >Thread-Topic: Activation of my Windows Vista Enterprise | >thread-index: AcjB+rArcB/TCz3wTO2z8qgOtfPkpw== | >X-WBNR-Posting-Host: 81.247.125.40 | >From: =?Utf-8?B?UmFm?= <Raf@discussions.microsoft.com> | >References: <2519B824-76B0-4944-A02C-95E03644A625@microsoft.com> <5jss34l0uh7k4pa3tuno23souqb80kjnj4@4ax.com> <FDF608A2-6822-45F9-98AC-924CB650E288@microsoft.com> | >Subject: Re: Activation of my Windows Vista Enterprise | >Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 19:13:02 -0700 [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] | >Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl | >Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup:40386 | >NNTP-Posting-Host: tk2msftibfm01.phx.gbl 10.40.244.149 | >X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup | > | >I would like to thank everyone who replied to my post (so quick!). THis was | >the first time I used this forum. | >Unfortunately my information wasn't complete. I'm sorry for that. | >The installation is on my home PC which is connected with my small wireless | >network via a Linksys router. Furthermore, I can work on the Internet | >normally through this same computer, so I don't understand the reason of this | >error message concerning the DNS-name. | >The MS-KISS license is a volume license for educational organisations (cfr. | >schools). I'm a teacher and I have the permission to use this license key at | >home under the license agreement between my school and Microsoft. | >Meanwhile only 2 days left before my Vista wil not work properly anymore. So | >I'm a bit concerned. | >Kind regards, | > | >> Enterprise is a new name for Volume. | >> But, Microsoft has put a stop to the pirating of them, as in what happend in | >> XP days , by requiring that they be re-activated every 6 months via a | >> specific Server. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] | >> > | >> > >When I try to activate my newly installed Windows Vista Enterprise an error | >> > >message appears saying: DNS-naam bestaat niet. (in English DNS-name doesn't | >> > >exist). | >> > >So I'm unable to activate my Windows Vista. This may result in problems | >> > >within 3 days. | >> > >My vista license is a MS-KISS license. | >> > | >> > Aren't all Enterprise licenses volume licenses, which aren't activated | >> > via the Activation Wizard, but use a local activation server? | >> > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] | >> > Please reply to the original newsgroup and thread. | >> > ======================================================== |
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