By Manny Fernandez

August 30, 2022

Re-Arming your Windows Server after the 180 day expiration

Re-Arming your Windows Server after the 180 day expiration

Have you ever installed a Windows server to do some testing and don’t register it because it is a lab environment?  Here is a quick and easy way to re-arm the licenses.

NOTE: This can only be run 5 times on the server and then you are….. as THEY say….. Out of Gas.

Run Command Prompt with Administrator Privileges and run following command:

slmgr.vbs -rearm

 

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