Windows Answer file is not activating the product key

Question

I'M trying to enable the product key of our Windows Server with an answer file. The answer file is created with Windows System Image Manager.Is finishing the Answer file without errors but when i check the product key I have to activate this manually.

Hereby the XML which is created by WSIM

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
    <settings pass="oobeSystem">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <AutoLogon>
                <Enabled>true</Enabled>
                <LogonCount>2</LogonCount>
                <Username>administrator</Username>
                <Domain>test</Domain>
            </AutoLogon>
            <UserAccounts>
                <AdministratorPassword>
                    <Value></Value>
                    <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                </AdministratorPassword>
            </UserAccounts>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <InputLocale>en-US</InputLocale>
            <SystemLocale>nl-NL</SystemLocale>
            <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
            <UILanguageFallback>en-US</UILanguageFallback>
            <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <AutoLogon>
                <Password>
                    <Value></Value>
                    <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                </Password>
                <LogonCount>2</LogonCount>
                <Username>administrator</Username>
                <Enabled>true</Enabled>
                <Domain>test</Domain>
            </AutoLogon>
            <OOBE>
                <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
            </OOBE>
            <UserAccounts>
                <AdministratorPassword>
                    <Value></Value>
                    <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                </AdministratorPassword>
            </UserAccounts>
            <TimeZone>W. Europe Standard Time</TimeZone>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="generalize">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpSysprep" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <PersistAllDeviceInstalls>true</PersistAllDeviceInstalls>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="windowsPE">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <UserData>
                <ProductKey>
                    <WillShowUI>Never</WillShowUI>
                    <Key>XXXX-XXXX-XXX</Key>
                </ProductKey>
                <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
            </UserData>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <SetupUILanguage>
                <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
            </SetupUILanguage>
            <InputLocale>en-US</InputLocale>
            <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
            <UILanguageFallback>en-US</UILanguageFallback>
            <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="offlineServicing">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <OfflineUserAccounts>
                <OfflineAdministratorPassword>
                    <Value></Value>
                    <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                </OfflineAdministratorPassword>
            </OfflineUserAccounts>
            <ComputerName>test</ComputerName>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:c:/users/temp/desktop/adk/install.wim#Windows Server 2016 SERVERSOLUTION" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>

Use the following command in PowerShell to test the answer file

C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\sysprep.exe /generalize /reboot /oobe /unattend:C:\Untitled.xml

The command that you are using is not powershell but standard commandline (cmd.exe). You should remove the powershell tag from your question. — Henrik Stanley Mortensen, Aug 02 '18 at 10:45
Are you saying the product key is specified, and you only perform the activation manually, or is the product key not specified? — Greg Askew, Aug 02 '18 at 13:04
@GregAskew it's not showing my product key which i put in the answer file. — Noob, Aug 02 '18 at 13:28
@GregAskew did find new erors. After the reboot i lose my static IP.This is the reason why it can not be activated. BUt not sure why it keep losing his static ip — Noob, Aug 03 '18 at 09:33
Actually if the product key is not installed/configured, there would be nothing to activate. — Greg Askew, Aug 03 '18 at 16:55
@GregAskew yes but i am not sure why it does not include the product key since its in the answer file. — Noob, Aug 04 '18 at 08:46
Does it work if you do not set the SystemLocale to nl-nl? Not sure why you would do that if the InputLanguage, UILanguage, and UserLocale are all en-us. — Greg Askew, Aug 04 '18 at 12:35
@GregAskew if I only add product key it restarts and it ask me to accept a terms of condition and ask me to set a password but before we ran the answer file the password etc was already set — Noob, Aug 05 '18 at 09:38

Windows Answer file is not activating the product key

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