slui.exe 0x2a 0x80072EE2 - The operation timed out - failure in Product Activation - WIn2008R2 STD ENG
i´me trying to do a product activation, but it´s failing in -ato, trying to reach internet for activation.
The following URLs are allowed, as KB states to do so:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/921471
- http://go.microsoft.com/
- https://sls.microsoft.com/
- https://sls.microsoft.com:443
- http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicrosoftRootAuthority.crl
- http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicrosoftProductSecureCommunications.crl
- http://www.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicrosoftProductSecureCommunications.crl
- http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicrosoftProductSecureServer.crl
- http://www.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicrosoftProductSecureServer.crl
- https://activation.sls.microsoft.com
But...
C:\>ipconfig /flushdns
Windows IP Configuration
Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.
C:\>ping sls.microsoft.com
Ping request could not find host sls.microsoft.com. Please check the name and try again.
C:\>
And i noticed that the activation is trying to reach an AKAMAI service destination
4.183369 10.22.0.145.57728 -> 104.79.207.39.80: syn 1902903282
7.194545 10.22.0.145.57728 -> 104.79.207.39.80: syn 1902903282
13.195275 10.22.0.145.57728 -> 104.79.207.39.80: syn 1902903282
19.614092 10.22.0.145.57729 -> 178.255.83.1.80: syn 1848584856
22.618639 10.22.0.145.57729 -> 178.255.83.1.80: syn 1848584856
28.635097 10.22.0.145.57729 -> 178.255.83.1.80: syn 1848584856
84.826507 10.22.0.145.57738 -> 104.79.207.39.80: syn 3351673531
87.830557 10.22.0.145.57738 -> 104.79.207.39.80: syn 3351673531
93.847025 10.22.0.145.57738 -> 104.79.207.39.80: syn 3351673531
238.012763 10.22.0.145.57741 -> 104.79.207.39.80: syn 3708615756
241.023206 10.22.0.145.57741 -> 104.79.207.39.80: syn 3708615756
247.039911 10.22.0.145.57741 -> 104.79.207.39.80: syn 3708615756
C:\>ping -a 104.79.207.39
Pinging a104-79-207-39.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com [104.79.207.39] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 104.79.207.39: bytes=32 time=64ms TTL=55
Why is that?
Maybe the URLs are outdated? Maybe the old URLs are not longer valid anymore?
the transcript for thew error
C:\Windows\system32>cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ipk <VALID_KEY>Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.8
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Installed product key <VALID_KEY> successfully.
C:\Windows\system32>cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ato
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.8
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Activating Windows Server(R), ServerStandard edition (6a4bd364-4b60-4856-a727-efb59d94348e) ...
On a computer running Microsoft Windows non-core edition, run 'slui.exe 0x2a 0x80072EE2' to display the error text.
Error: 0x80072EE2