Winodws 2008 R2, using Windows Volume Licensing, and a KMS license activation server. At times, when I log in to the server, it reports that it is not a genuine copy. I then go through the steps to make it genuine, and it then gives me the following error: "A problem occurred when Windows tried to activate. Error Code 0xD000009a. for a possible resolution click More Information. Contact your sytem administrator for assistance." When I click on More Information I get "the following information was found for this error: Code 0xd000009a Description Unable to find a detailed error description. Unknown facility code of 0x1000 (4096L) facility error: 0x9a (154L) If I restart, the server becomes genuine again, and then some time later, if I need to login (varying lengths of time), I get the not genuine issue again. If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it. I don't find anything in the error logs to coincide with the issue

How long has the server been in operation?

Since Late October 2010

Hi, I suggest discussing this issue in our Microsoft Genuine Advantage forum. They should be the best resource to troubleshoot this issue. http://social.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/category/genuine/ Tim Quan

Will do Thanks

However, there is no Windows 2008 forum for this... I guess I can try the Win 7 one...