I have been using free 2012-hyperv server for 2 months now. Recently I have received a message "Windows cannot find 'c:\windows\system32\licensingui.exe. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again." Server has now also started to reboot every two hours similar to other Microsoft products when they become unlicensed and go into self destruct mode.
My question is simple. If this product is free why is it asking for licensing? Why can I activate it, says product key has been disabled even though I never put a product key in. Is this a demo version of core and not the real free hyper-v server?
Other posts mention this problem, but do not list a solution.