Re: Deploying W2K8R2 from template and activated?
romatlo, did you ever figure out how to supress the "OK" prompt? having the same issue... thank you, sherif
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No, but you got me searching again. I found this...will give it a try.http://serverfault.com/questions/287400/slmgr-vbs-supress-dialog
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Putting 'start slmgs.vbs /ato' in the custom spec manager of vcenter did not work.Did not even activate at all! Maybe if I call a batch file with that in it...or something.Til now I've been living with...
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http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2004605 has the correct procedure to use.
View ArticleRe: Deploying W2K8R2 from template and activated?
i was able to get it to work i created a batch file in the templete, under c:\temp\lic.bat in the bat file i added following line: slmgr.vbs /ato in the customization spec i included our license and a...
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still searching for a silent option...
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View ArticleRe: Deploying W2K8R2 from template and activated?
this command, in the batch file, made it quite / silent: cscript //B slmgr.vbs /ato
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Thanks for sharing!! I marked it Correct.I will have to give it a try.
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