Windows cannot find Microsoft Software License Terms

[fth0]

Does anyone have a pointer to Microsoft docs stating that empty <key></key> sequences are invalid?

See Key (microsoft-windows-setup-userdata-productkey-key), section "Values".

[klaus]

Then this is a genuine bug in VirtualBox. Easily fixable without needing to touch code... if you need an instant solution you can edit win_nt6_unattended.xml - search for <Key> and insert a line before which contains

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@@VBOX_COND_HAS_PRODUCT_KEY@@

and a line after which contains

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@@VBOX_COND_END@@

That should do the trick of leaving out the tag when there is no key.

[jorgan von awesome]

hello, i was having this problem but i found something that works. just make a new vm. don't put the iso. once you create it, right click, settings, then go to storage, click on the optical drive and add your iso. start it up and it should work. it worked for me, but your millage may vary

[mpack]

Hmm. That sounds a great deal like "my solution to the unattended installation problem is to revert to attended installation".

Yes, that always works, but unattended installations are popular for some reason.

[klaus]

If you don't want unattended install then you can still point to the ISO but tick "Skip Unattended Installation". Saves quite a few mouse clicks and achieves the same result.

Anyway, the current VirtualBox 7.0 test builds should have the fix mentioned above already integrated. Would be great if someone could confirm.