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I applied the wrong key, how do I unlock windows server 2022 license key? I have two keys for two servers.

Anonymous
2023-12-26T15:13:53+00:00

I purchased 2 windows server 2022 keys for 2 different servers.

Server 1 was activated months ago and works fine; this morning I tried to activate server 2.

As I tried to activate server 2 I accidently did the "Change product key" on server 1 (I was connected to both servers remotely) and used my second key on my 1st server. I changed server 1 back to it's key however now when I try to apply server 2's key it say it is already in use.

Please help.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-12-27T01:56:52+00:00

    Hi Trent-1234,

    you can try the following steps to resolve this issue:

    1. Make sure that both your server 1 and server 2 are connected to the internet.
    2. On Server 1, open a command prompt and enter the following command: slmgr.vbs /upk

    This will unload the current key.

    1. On Server 1, enter the following command: slmgr.vbs /ipk < the key for Server 1>

    This installs Server 1's key.

    1. On Server 2, enter the following command: slmgr.vbs /ipk < the key for Server 2>

    This will install the key for Server 2.

    1. On Server 1 and Server 2, enter the following command: slmgr.vbs /ato

    This will activate your Windows Server license.

    Hope it helps.

    Kind regards,

    Lei

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