In order for this to work, however, you must have Blat (a command line email tool) configured on your system.
So to automate the process of reminding you of the impending expiration, we have included a scheduled task which will automatically warn you via a daily email as the expiration approaches. While you can view the time remaining by logging into the server, after 8 months it can be easy to forget to do this. Update the dates of the respective scheduled task accordingly to maximize the usage time.Īfter 240 days, the server activation will expire. Simply run ActivationDates_RunMe.bat from the extracted zip file and you will see output like the sample below. To make this easy, we have included a tool as part of our download package which will calculate the exact dates for each task. The most notable change you will need to make is to update the respective dates of the scheduled tasks.
Repeat these steps for each of the XML task files. When you apply the settings of the task, you will be prompted for the Administrator password.
You should see the Administrator account respective to your machine as the effective account. The first call should be set to 10 days from the first system boot with each subsequent call set 10 days after the previous one. Each instance of this task is a one time, date specific call. Our first task, “Reset Activation Timer” takes advantage of all 5 of each of the 10 day grace periods. We are simply approaching this with an automated “set it and forget” it process. To put your mind at ease, this practice is completely legal and actually promoted by Microsoft. When fully utilized, gives an extra 60 days of usage time. In the case of Windows Server 2008 R2 evaluation, this grace period is 10 days which can be reset (or re-armed) 5 times before activation is required. With most every Microsoft product which requires activation, there is a grace period of several days in which the product can be used (unrestricted) before activation is required. Once activated the Windows Server 2008 R2 evaluation (or trial) lasts for 180 days, after which you must either enter a valid license key or the server will shut itself down after one hour of use.
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