{"id":7090,"date":"2016-06-20T16:40:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T16:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=7090"},"modified":"2016-06-20T16:43:58","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T16:43:58","slug":"vmware-fix-windows-cannot-find-the-microsoft-software-license-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/vmware-fix-windows-cannot-find-the-microsoft-software-license-terms\/","title":{"rendered":"VMware Fix: Windows cannot find the Microsoft Software License Terms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I am trying to set up a Windows Server 2012 virtual machine in VMware Workstation 12, but keep getting the error message &#8220;<em>Windows cannot find the Microsoft Software License Terms. Make sure the installation sources are valid and restart the installation.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cannot-find-ms-license-term.png\" alt=\"cannot-find-ms-license-term\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7091\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Firstly I doubt if the Windows ISO file is corrupt and download it again from Microsoft&#8217;s website, but the problem still exists. So I think the problem lies in the VMware Workstation and eventually find a solution. Here&#8217;s how:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>During the setup of the New Virtual Machine Wizard, select &#8220;<strong>I will install the operating system later<\/strong>&#8221; instead of using the Installer disc image file.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/new-vm-wizard.png\" alt=\"new-vm-wizard\" width=\"442\" height=\"402\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7092\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>When completing the wizard, go to VM -&gt; Settings -&gt; CD\/DVD -&gt; Use ISO image file, and then choose Windows installation ISO file. Boot your virtual machine and you should be able to install Windows smoothly.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/windows-setup.png\" alt=\"windows-setup\" width=\"600\" height=\"439\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7093\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This problem also happens with VMware Fusion, Hyper-V, Parallels, VirtualBox. If the solution above doesn&#8217;t work for you, please try to increase the RAM for your virtual machine. Good luck!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I am trying to set up a Windows Server 2012 virtual machine in VMware Workstation 12, but keep getting the error message &#8220;Windows cannot find the Microsoft Software License Terms. Make sure the installation sources are valid and restart the installation.&#8221; Firstly I doubt if the Windows ISO file is corrupt and download it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[2769],"class_list":["post-7090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","tag-windows-cannot-find-the-microsoft-software-license-terms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7090"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7097,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7090\/revisions\/7097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}