There are 2 types of Windows Activation – KMS and MAK. However, for this post, I won’t be discussing on what are those or their differences, as this post is to discuss an error in regards to KMS implementation.
Issues :
The following error has occurred. Please resolve the error and try again.
Description :
Access is denied
Troubleshooting
- Used multiple IDs (Domain Admins as well as Local Admins), however issue stll persist. Thus, it is safe to rule out User ID privilege from the root cause.
- UAC is enabled.
Resolution :
-
Go to Volume Activation Tools again, but right click at it and choose Run as Administrator (not Pin to taskbar, sorry for that)
-
Browse to your server name,and press Next. Punch in alternative credential if needed.
-
If you need to activate your KMS, get it activated. In this case, I already activated my KMS, so I will skip to Configuration.
-
Once all steps above completed, there hould not be any issue in accessing to the Configuration, “Access Denied” error should not appear anymore.
