Windows Server 2008 uses software license management tools

  

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server licenses are more important than ever. With this license, you can query the authorization type of Windows 2008 Server, query the remaining time of authorization, or the authorization number to be uninstalled. In this article, I'll show you how to do this using the command line tool - slmgr.vbs.


slmgr.vbs is a command-line authorization management tool provided by Microsoft. The full name is Windows Software Licensing Management Tool.

slmgr is a script written in Visual Basic that can be configured on any version of Windows 2008 Server, whether it is a full version of Server or a version of Server Core.

If you want to see what features slmgr.vbs has, just type the following at the Windows command prompt:

slmgr.vbs /?

to list slmgr. All the options of vbs, the interface is shown in Figure 1:


*** Figure 1: slmgr.vbs help window

Using slmgr can achieve the following functions: Br>

* Not only can you manage software licenses on the local server, but also manage software licenses for remote Windows 2008 Server over the network. Remote management requires authentication of the username and password. If not specified, the default is to manage the local server.

* -ipk option: Install the product key.

* -ato option: Activate Windows 2008.

* -dli option: Display license information.

* -dlv option: Display detailed license information.

* -xpr option: Displays the expiration time of the current Windows software license.

* -cpky option: Clear the current Windows product key from the registry.

* -ilc option: Install software license.

* -rilc option: Reinstall the system license file.

* -rearm option: Reactivate Windows evaluation software license.

* -upk option: Uninstall the key for some products.

* -dit option: Display your installation ID and activate the software license offline.

* -ato option: Activate product confirmation code.

Let's look at some examples of the use of Windows 2008 slmgr.vbs.

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