A students install is failing after he enters the key with error "Windows installation has encountered an error and needs to be restarted"
It seems a few people have run into this
Tonite we re-downloaded - re-burned and re-installed, yet get the same issue. This is a dreamspark download with a legal key. If there is a way to continue the install without entering a key we could not figure it out.
Does anyone know what the solution is?
Windows Server 2008 can be installed without providing any key; it will work for 30 days without requiring activation.
After the installation is complete, you can enter a key and activate it anytime you want (before the 30-days trial period ends).