{"id":2687,"date":"2010-12-04T11:49:56","date_gmt":"2010-12-04T19:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/stage\/?p=2687"},"modified":"2010-11-24T12:02:52","modified_gmt":"2010-11-24T20:02:52","slug":"error-a-problem-occurred-when-windows-tried-to-activate-error-code-0x8007232b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/error-a-problem-occurred-when-windows-tried-to-activate-error-code-0x8007232b\/","title":{"rendered":"Error: A problem occurred when Windows tried to activate. Error Code 0x8007232B."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Problem<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you try to activate a Windows Server 2008 R2 server you may receive the following error.<\/p>\n<p><em>A problem occurred when Windows tried to activate. Error Code 0x8007232B.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Error_0x8007232B.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2688\" title=\"Error_0x8007232B\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Error_0x8007232B-300x254.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Error_0x8007232B-300x254.png 300w, https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Error_0x8007232B.png 628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You may encounter this error on other versions of Windows as well but I have experienced it in Windows Server 2008 R2. Here&#8217;s how you can resolve the error.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to Control Panel -&gt; System and Security -&gt; System.<\/li>\n<li>In the Windows Activation section click Change product key.<\/li>\n<li>Enter your MSDN Multiple Activation Key (MAK) and click OK.<\/li>\n<li>You should now be able to activate your product.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Error_0x8007232B_01.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2689\" title=\"Error_0x8007232B_01\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Error_0x8007232B_01-300x254.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Error_0x8007232B_01-300x254.png 300w, https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Error_0x8007232B_01.png 628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Problem If you try to activate a Windows Server 2008 R2 server you may receive the following error. A problem occurred when Windows tried to activate. Error Code 0x8007232B. You may encounter this error on other versions of Windows as well but I have experienced it in Windows Server 2008 R2. Here&#8217;s how you can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks","category-longhorn-server"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}