How to download and burn windows 2012 r2 iso

WIM Size. Please let me know. I have downloaded the ISO Image from the volume licensing and the. Please let me know the procedure to compress the WIM Size. To 'compress' the WIM file you will need to install to a system and the remove components you are absolutely positive that you will never need.

Then you could create your own WIM file from the modified contents. But if you want everything available, there is no way to compress the existing WIM file. As Milos indicates, the easiest way is to create a USB stick.

Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Windows Server TechCenter. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. If you are trying to evaluate Windows Server R2 then you will need to activate the software once you have completed the installation.

We have seen a number of people struggling with this and trying to enter a key to active it. The fact is, you do not require an evaluation key for using Windows Server R2. Once you have installed the evaluation copy you may see that it is not activated and when you try and activate, it will ask for a product key. If you get this instead of it automatically activating for you, then all you need to do is to run the following command from an elevated command prompt:.

This should then automatically rearm your trial for days. Although we have not tested this, apparently you can rearm your trial version up to five times, which should give you around 2 and a half years of Windows Server R2 — by which time there may be a new version out!

If you wish to download the ISO files for the Windows Server R2 evaluation product then you can get them by clicking on the download button below:. Browse Community. PowerEdge OS Forum. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Last reply by DiegoLopez Unsolved. OK did this to myself so Only I have to blame for this. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic.

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