How to activate evaluation version of SQL server

How to activate evaluation version of SQL server 2012 with open license.
in the VLS portal it is saying no product key is require. but my problem is i already installed evaluation version of SQL server 2012 and configure many things to it. after that i got open license from Microsoft,

Hi,
If you want to upgrade ( i Guess this is what you want) evaluation edition to enterprise or standard you need to run Ent/ standard edition from setup.exe installation window will pop up on that select maintenance on left side and then select edition
upgrade.
Take help of below link
http://blogs.technet.com/b/sqlman/archive/2010/03/16/sql-server-2008-upgrading-to-standard-enterprise-edition-from-evaluation-edition.aspx
revert if any issue.
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