Windows Server 2012 is telling me it’s not activated when it is

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I have a Windows Server 2012 Machine were I need to do some development. The machine is a Hyper-V VM. I activated it with a valid key and restarted the VM. After it booted up again, I went into system properties and saw that it said that Windows is activated. However, there is still the message "Activate Windows" on the desktop wallpaper and if try to change something (for example, the look) it tells me that I need to activate first.

Is there anybody who has experienced this? The host OS is Windows 8.1. I already installed all updates and tried to activate again using this CMD-Command:

slmgr.vbs /ipk {product key, including dashes}

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Run slmgr.vbs -ato with an elevated command prompt. it should activate windows properly. after I executed it, I got a prompt telling me "{Windows Version and Key}: Product activated succesfully"

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