If anyone is interested, Tim was correct. My internal servers don't have any internet access. Web access is controlled on them through IE proxy settings. I configured the proxy settings on IE and then ran slmgr.vbs /ato and it activated successfully.
Thanks for the help. Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: [email protected] Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Bodnar Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: KMS Host activation: what port? Thanks Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: [email protected] Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: KMS Host activation: what port? I suspect it is port 80. I know I didn't have to open anything on our firewall for it to activate. .Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 7:30 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: KMS Host activation: what port? > > I'm in the initial stages of stetting up a KMS infrastructure for 2008 > activation. I know clients connect to the KMS host over 1688 by > default, but when the KMS host needs to do it's one time activation > with MS after the KMS key is installed, what port is it using? I can't > find anything that talks about that in the documentation? > > Thanks, > > Chris > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ----------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
