I have installed an instance of Win Server 2008 R2 on a Virtual machine.
This machine is purposefully on an isolated environment (no internet) for testing purposes.
I need to activate the machine and I have my MSDN key ready to go.
I just ran through the same steps with a Windows 7 VM, and was able to register using an automated telephone service from Microsoft.
With Windows Server 2008, I can see the same option to register using this service, but it is greyed out:
Google pointed me to people experiencing this issue but the only workarounds I saw where to use the internet (not an option for me).
Does anyone know how to enable this option?
Best Answer
Open an elevated command prompt and run
slui 4. That will start the "Activate by Phone" option manually.