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    I bought a Fujitsu Siemens SCALEO Home Server. Unfortunately, the installed copy of WHS is in german and none of the add-ons will install on top of it.
    I really want to install the english version of WHS but using the product key of my current installation. Afterall I have paid for the license already.
    Can anyone recommend a way to extract my product key from the current installation? I tried various tools available but none of them seem to work on WHS.

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    Mark
    Sunday, August 30, 2009 3:12 PM

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    I bought a Fujitsu Siemens SCALEO Home Server. Unfortunately, the installed copy of WHS is in german and none of the add-ons will install on top of it.
    I really want to install the english version of WHS but using the product key of my current installation. Afterall I have paid for the license already.
    Can anyone recommend a way to extract my product key from the current installation? I tried various tools available but none of them seem to work on WHS.

    Thanks
    Mark

    The product key should be on a sticker somewhere on your server (it's a requirement for OEMs to put the key somewhere on the case).  Having said that, even if you find the key, I don't think you'll have much luck switching languages.  For one, you probably don't have the original MS WHS DVD image (chances are it's a Fujitsu-modified image).  Second, you don't have a DVD drive in the server.  And third, you don't have any WHS DVD (whether it's MS or Fujitsu) in English.  My suggestion would be to return it, then purchase a server with the English version already installed (or, if you have the technical knowledge, build your own server and purchase the WHS OEM license in English and install it yourself).
    Sunday, August 30, 2009 4:42 PM
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    I bought a Fujitsu Siemens SCALEO Home Server. Unfortunately, the installed copy of WHS is in german and none of the add-ons will install on top of it.
    I really want to install the english version of WHS but using the product key of my current installation. Afterall I have paid for the license already.
    Can anyone recommend a way to extract my product key from the current installation? I tried various tools available but none of them seem to work on WHS.

    Thanks
    Mark

    The product key should be on a sticker somewhere on your server (it's a requirement for OEMs to put the key somewhere on the case).  Having said that, even if you find the key, I don't think you'll have much luck switching languages.  For one, you probably don't have the original MS WHS DVD image (chances are it's a Fujitsu-modified image).  Second, you don't have a DVD drive in the server.  And third, you don't have any WHS DVD (whether it's MS or Fujitsu) in English.  My suggestion would be to return it, then purchase a server with the English version already installed (or, if you have the technical knowledge, build your own server and purchase the WHS OEM license in English and install it yourself).
    Sunday, August 30, 2009 4:42 PM
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    The product key is indeed on the sticker! Can't believe I didn't start looking there.
    But you're saying this is rather useless? I thought of downloading/installing the 120day trial version and then activating it with the key from the system.
    If this won't work I might follow your advice and return the whole box.

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    Mark
    • Marked as answer by Mark Berkhoff Sunday, August 30, 2009 5:07 PM
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    The product key is indeed on the sticker! Can't believe I didn't start looking there.
    But you're saying this is rather useless? I thought of downloading/installing the 120day trial version and then activating it with the key from the system.

    You can't.  First, you have no way of installing it on your current hardware (no DVD drive).  Second, a full license key won't activate an eval (and vice versa).

    If this won't work I might follow your advice and return the whole box.

    Thanks
    Mark

    Sunday, August 30, 2009 5:30 PM
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