Can't activate Win8: 0x8007232B DNS name does not exist

Discussion in 'Installation and Configuration of Parallels Desktop' started by Reynish, Oct 1, 2012.

  1. Reynish

    Reynish Bit poster

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    Title says it all. Have a Win8 Enterprise 64bit ISO which I installed from.

    When I go into System Security > Action Centre > Windows Activation I can see the last 5 characters of my product key but under Activation details it says;

    Error code:
    0x8007232B
    DNS name does not exist

    If it's a DNS error I guess it could be some Parallels networking issue. All other apps can connect to the internet fine.
     
    Reynish, Oct 1, 2012
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  2. jeffro01

    jeffro01 Member

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    Windows 8 Enterprise is configured to activate via either KMS or the new VL activation feature in Server 2012. The product key embedded into Win 8 Enterprise controls this. If you have a different key such as one you would get from a TechNet or MSDN subscription then change the product key to that then try to activate. You should be good to go there. If not then you won't be able to activate it.

    Jeff
     
    jeffro01, Oct 1, 2012
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