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That looks like a good solution, however RPC calls that are used here need dns or netbios resolution, which is not possible in my scenario. The same thing goes for slmgr.vbs remote.
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That looks like a good solution, however RPC calls that are used here need dns or netbios resolution, which is not possible in my scenario. The same thing goes for slmgr.vbs remote.

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I need good examples of activating Windows 2003 up til 2012 remotely by script execution.
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I need good examples of activating Windows 2003 up til 2012 remotely by script execution.

Activating Windows 2003-2012 remotely with script

The Microsoft Legacy Operating System topic includes legacy versions of Microsoft operating systems prior to Windows 2000: All versions of MS-DOS and other versions developed for specific manufacturers and Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions, and Windows Mobile.

Microsoft Legacy OS

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.