


Workaround 3: Turn off certificate revocation in Internet Explorer If you receive the error message described in the Symptoms section of this article when you try to activate Windows, click the Telephone button in the Activate Windows Wizard to activate Windows over the telephone. Workaround 2: Activate by using the telephone To do this, configure the following list of CRLs to be unauthenticated on the proxy server: If you must use Basic Authentication, exclude the URLs for the certificate revocation lists (CRLs) from the requirement for basic authentication. Workaround 1: Don't use Basic AuthenticationĪvoid using Basic Authentication on the proxy server. The following methods are listed in the order of the most preferred to least preferred, with the most preferred method appearing first. To work around this issue, use one of the following methods. As the user, you are typically not aware that certificates are being validated, and you may be prompted repeatedly during the validation of a series of certificates. Therefore, Basic Authentication mistakenly prompts you for a user account name and password.

In this case, the URL retrieval goes through the proxy server and occurs outside the explicit context of the logged-on user. This certificate revocation lookup process involves a URL retrieval operation. The Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration (also known as Internet Explorer hardening) uses certificate revocation.

You connect to the Internet through a proxy server where Basic Authentication is enabled.Microsoft Internet Explorer's Enhanced Security Configuration is enabled on the server.This issue occurs if both of the following conditions are true: Windows Product Activation is unsuccessful whether or not you enter your user name and password. Please check your network settings and confirm that you are able to connect to the Internet, then try again. Unable to establish a connection with the activation server. You receive a message that prompts you for a user name and password. When you try to activate Windows Server 2003 over the Internet, Windows Product Activation may be unsuccessful and you may experience the following issues: This article provides workarounds to an issue where you see an error when you activate Microsoft Windows Server 2003 over the Internet fails.Īpplies to: Windows Server 2003 Original KB number: 816897 Symptoms Error when you try to activate Windows Server 2003 over the Internet: Message Number 32777
