VMware Workstation Easy Install is unable to install Windows 8 with a product key specified

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Published on 2012-11-06T01:23:01Z Indexed on 2012/11/06 17:06 UTC
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I recently attempted to install Windows 8 Enterprise Edition in VMware Workstation. It specified that Easy Install would be used, and requested for the product key, for which I entered the generated MSDN key.

This didn't work - the installation goes into a loop with each iteration of the loop ending with the following screen:

Invalid product key

The guest reboots and the process repeats after clicking "OK".

Has anyone been able to successfully install their MSDN image with Easy Install in Workstation?

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