Setup Microsoft Office 2013 KMS Host on Windows Server 2008 R2

Hi all,
hope someone can help, banging my head against a brick wall here.
Followed this excellent article here -
http://blogs.technet.com/b/odsupport/archive/2013/01/03/how-to-setup-microsoft-office-2013-kms-host-on-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx#pi47623=1
Dont need to install 275817 as its already applied to the server that has the KMS install on it.
When i get to step 3 and double click the exe from the MSDL site i get the cscript window but nothing happens, the window stays blank and then closes, i never get the prompt to enter the licence key for Office 2013 KMS key.
Its a Windows server 2008 R2 install, fully patched and rebooted.
Checked the logs and can find nothing, has anyone seen this or know a fix?
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
Thanks for your post.
Please refer to this MS article and try again.
Prepare and set up the Office 2013 KMS host
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn385356.aspx#BMK_PreparetheKMSHost
Regards.
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