Hi, unfortunately, this issue is Xen related, not Windows related. I'm not a citrix specialist at all, but i do remember you have to configure the vdisk to support Volume licensing, even dependent on the type of Volume licnese key you use (KMS vs MAK). Retail or OEM keys might not work becuase of the hardware presented by Xen changes too much. I suppose your fastest way out will be to re-post your question in the citrix forums: http://forums.citrix.com/ Make sure you include detais on the type of license/key you are using (OEM, Retail, MAK, KMS)!MCP/MCSA/MCTS/MCITP

Hi all this is my first time i post a problem in this forum so let me get down to my question i have installed windwos server 2008 enterprise on one of my VM's(virtual machine) which i created on the debian squeez using Xen virtualazation so the problem is after i shut down my VM whic i installed windows server 2008 and started it it say's it is not activated but the truth is i have activated it when i installed it and used it but this problem occures only if the machine is shutdown and started not when it restarts so what i do is i clik on the link wchic syas activate online and it activated it so as you ca n see i don't want to do this all the time when the machine is shut down because it means i have always to open it and controle it but what if the time i am not around this problem occurs so i need to fix this proble so fast so please help me thanks in regards

Is it possible that your are using a differencing disk for the VM on Xen? Maybe it's set to remove the differencing disk on shut down/restart. www.oguzpastirmaci.com

i am sorry but what do you mean by that using different disk for the vm on xen can you explain to me more please

Can you check the following link first: http://forums.citrix.com/thread.jspa?threadID=274297 I don't have any experience on Xen, and I don't know the Xen equivalent of differencing disks, but basically it's like telling the VM host to remove all changes on the VM's disk since the last shut down. So every time you start the VM, it's like a fresh VM. This is handy if this VM will be used in a school lab etc. The easiest way to test is to create a file on the desktop of the VM, then shut it down, power it on and check if the file is still at the desktop. www.oguzpastirmaci.com

Hi, unfortunately, this issue is Xen related, not Windows related. I'm not a citrix specialist at all, but i do remember you have to configure the vdisk to support Volume licensing, even dependent on the type of Volume licnese key you use (KMS vs MAK). Retail or OEM keys might not work becuase of the hardware presented by Xen changes too much. I suppose your fastest way out will be to re-post your question in the citrix forums: http://forums.citrix.com/ Make sure you include detais on the type of license/key you are using (OEM, Retail, MAK, KMS)!MCP/MCSA/MCTS/MCITP

Hello, For 2008 : 1. Go to following folder C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft 2. Right click SoftwareLicensing folder, in the security add user slsvc ( NT Service\slsvc – local service account) and provide full control. 3. Reboot and see if machine is activated. For 2008 R2 : 1. Go to following folder C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft 2. Right click SoftwareProtectionPlatform folder, in the security add user sppsvc (NT Service\sppsvc – local service account) and provide full control. 3. Reboot and see if machine is activated. P.S. : Please note the difference between 2008 and 2008 R2 fix. Also note that, AppData is a hidden folder ! Please have a look at MS KB article below more details. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978305 HTH

exccuse me but can you please tell me how i can specifye to me how to configure the vdisk to support Volume licensing and again for the one that want me to test it by creating a folder and shutting down and powering on the machine and see if the folder exist i have already created a folder on my D partition and it always exist on the machine. and also to be frankly clear it only changes the hour not the minutes and dates only the hour and the Dom-0 (the host machine ) time is working properly excuse me to repport the time issue as well i think this still got to do with the problem what i mean is it always ask me for activation and the time also changes so can you please help me with that