Problem installing eval copy on physical machine

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w_marquardt

I download the 2016 evaluation (twice in case the first was flawed) and created a USB drive using rufus. THe computer is a physical machine, HP ML30 Gen9 with a 2 tb drive (raid 0), 24 gb of ram and the process is a Xeon E3-1230V6. This exceeds the specs.

I get the following message at the end of the installation whether I use Intelligent provisioning or install directly from the USB.

Windows cannot fine the Microsoft Software License terms. Make sure the installation sources are valid and restart the installation.


There is no error code. I've trying the installation 4 times, 2 with IP and 2 with using the USB drive directly.

As a test, I downloaded the eval on server 2012 R2 as well which I could burn to a DVD (didn't have dual layer for the 2016 install.) I created the disk and this installation failed the same way.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to get past this so I can build this server? It is for a client and I'm starting with the eval and will purchase the license once it's in place and running.

Thank you for your attention to this questions.

Regards,

Bill

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