Comments on: Windows activation annoyances – not one but two

By: Emil Ehrs

Emil Ehrs — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:16:22 +0000

I can also confirm that the HPActive.cmd script fixed the validation problem.

By: Pierre John

Pierre John — Mon, 16 May 2011 07:22:18 +0000

I can confirm that the HPActive.cmd script also fixes the problem with HP-branded SBS 2011 media.

By: Kieran

Kieran — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:00:50 +0000

Ron is correct. I’m trying to install SBS2008Std (HP Branded) on a ML350G6 that has the 2nd-license Server 2008 running Hyper-V as a host. I couldn’t install SBS2008 as a guest as it said the system is not a supported platform. Running HPActive.cmd (as per post http://bit.ly/bCi3FA) has let me install SBS2008. No restart of the physical (host) OS was required.

By: ron

ron — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:46:43 +0000

For the benefit of anyone else who finds this post, the HPactive.cmd program on the HP-branded Windows server OS DVD does the same thing as the previous HPVirtualOSE.exe-plus-vbs script combo. After the host OS is installed and Hyper-V installed, run HPactive.cmd to allow the HP-branded OS media to be used for a Hyper-V guest OS install.

By: tim

tim — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:22:08 +0000

Ross

Well, there is always the trial approach. Let us know if you get a sensible answer from HP though, or the LHBL.vbs script.

Tim

By: Ross

Ross — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:25:39 +0000

Hi Guys,

I came accross the same problem and have so far spent about 6 hours in total talking to HP and still no result. How ever there is a Advisory Document on the HP website that is worth a read except for when you get to Step 3(Thats is where i am at but no luck finding the File). HP have no idea what the problem is!

Ross

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:05:57 +0000

Can you ping me directly because something is not right. As far as we’re aware it shouldn’t bios check you in order to set up that virtual.

By: tim

tim — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:33:09 +0000

@Susan

There’s a ton of Product IDs in the package:

One for SBS physical
One for 2nd server physical
One for SBS virtual
One for 2nd server virtual

plus a few for SQL

The one that was obscured was 2nd server physical – which is needed for the hyper-v host.

Since the product specifically comes with a product key for sbs virtual you would think it is supported; but the media supplied fails because of a pre-check for HP hardware.

Tim

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:32:36 +0000

P.S. you can slrearm that eval and tell it to go away.

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:31:51 +0000

Mind you I’m more familiar with Volume license and not OEM media but there’s typically two product keys. One is a key to be used on a physical install, the other is a key to be used in a virtual install.

So that I’m clear you installed a base Win2k8?

And then tried to put the OEM of SBS 2008 in that HyperV platform?