Using slmgr rearming

[dhope]

Hi,

I installed Server 2008 a couple of months ago and the initial 60 day grace period expired when I was on holiday. I returned and it was asking me to activate, as expected. I chose 'activate later', went to the command prompt, entered 'slmgr -rearm' and carried on as usual. As this is the first time I've rearmed I expected the activation prompt to vanish for 60 days, but it's still prompting me to activate each time I log on.

Using 'slmgr -dli' says

License Status: Notification

Notification Reason: 0xC004F056

Anything I should do to continue evaluation?

Thanks in advance

Duncan

[docmarten]

How to manually extend the evaluation period

When the initial 60-day evaluation period nears its end, you can run the Slmgr.vbs script to reset the evaluation period. To do this, follow these steps:1. Click Start, and then click Command Prompt.

2. Type slmgr.vbs -dli, and then press ENTER to check the current status of your evaluation period.

3. To reset the evaluation period, type slmgr.vbs ?rearm, and then press ENTER.

4. Restart the computer.