Hi, Read my prior email on this topic. You can't activate it without a proper key which you don't have, but you get 90 days to activate Windows and I doubt you will go that far without needing to do a reset anyway. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Marvin Hunkin <startrektech@techie.com> Sent: 06 November 2020 09:43 To: blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] activation windows server Hi. Tried a couple of commands and did try activating windows server 2019 essentials 64 bit inside hyper v and a remote connection. Tried googling and either did not work inside command prompt or windows power shell. So how do I activate it short of having to do a recovery. Using hyper v manager latest windows 10 64 bit pro 2004. Thinkin use the data centre, but not sure. When I do a win ver. It does not seem to tell me which version. Thanks. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org