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Update TSforge docs
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- This activation method doesn't modify any Windows components and doesn't install any new files.
- Once the system is activated (with ZeroCID or KMS4k), hardware can be changed arbitrarily without triggering de-activation.
- Internet is not required for ZeroCID or KMS4k, but it is required for StaticCID. The script uses the StaticCID method from Windows 11 24H2 (26100) and later versions.
-- This activation method can activate any of the following products if a phone license is available and licensing is managed by the system's SPP. For example,
+- This activation method can activate any product if a phone license is available and licensing is managed by the system's SPP. For example,
* Windows Vista and later
* Windows Server 2008 and later
* Office 2013 and later (requires Windows 8 or later)
@@ -23,14 +23,6 @@
### ZeroCID
-**Process on Windows Vista and 7**
-
-![](/img/win7_color.svg)
-
-**Process on Windows 8 and later**
-
-![](/img/winmodern_color.svg)
-
- Windows activation is managed by a subsystem called the Software Protection Platform (SPP).
- SPP stores information about the activation state in files called the "physical store" and "token store".
- The physical store's contents are cryptographically protected and integrity-checked by SPPSvc/SPSys, preventing users from easily modifying it.
@@ -51,6 +43,14 @@
- The presence of valid product key and confirmation ID data causes SPP to activate the specified product as long as it is capable of phone activation.
- This process is implemented as the ZeroCID option in [TSforge](https://github.com/massgravel/TSforge).
+**Process on Windows Vista and 7**
+
+![](/img/win7_color.svg)
+
+**Process on Windows 8 and later**
+
+![](/img/winmodern_color.svg)
+
### StaticCID
- In [Windows 11 build 27802](https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_11_build_27802), Microsoft introduced a [bug](blog/pesky-ampersands) that causes Confirmation ID cache validation to always fail, forcing validation directly from the stored Confirmation ID each time the license status is checked.
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
## Supported Products
-This activation method can activate any of the following products if a phone license is available and licensing is managed by the system's SPP.
+This activation method can activate the following products.
- **Windows**
- Windows Vista
@@ -204,8 +204,6 @@ a797d61e-1475-470b-86c8-f737a72c188d StarterN
## Unsupported Products
-This activation method does not work if a phone license is not available or if licensing is not managed by the system's SPP.
-
- **Office on Windows 7**
- Its licensing is based on OSPP, not SPP.
- You can use Ohook option in MAS to activate it.
@@ -292,6 +290,7 @@ Windows 10 LTSC 2021 (21H2) and Windows 10 22H2 share the same base build, 19041
| Windows Server 2012 | ServerDatacenter, ServerStandard and their Core variants | [3 Years](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-server-2012) <br /> Oct 2023 to Oct 2026 | KB5017221 [x64](https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/secu/2022/08/windows8-rt-kb5017221-x64_d01e9b9b910f5f1e374bc1b89a8d00c1a97e215f.msu) <br /> KB2937636 [x64](https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/crup/2014/07/windows8-rt-kb2937636-x64_29e0b587c8f09bcf635c1b79d09c00eef33113ec.msu) |
| Windows 8.1 | Enterprise, Professional, EmbeddedIndustry and their E/N variants | ESU is not officially supported, <br /> but you can manually install Server 2012 R2 (for x64) updates until Jan 2024, <br /> and Embedded 8.1 (for x86) updates until July 2023 | Build 9600.17415 <br /> + <br /> KB3021910 [x64](https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/updt/2015/04/windows8.1-kb3021910-x64_e291c0c339586e79c36ebfc0211678df91656c3d.msu)-[x86](https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/updt/2015/04/windows8.1-kb3021910-x86_7e70173bec00c3d4fe3b0b8cba17b095b4ed2d20.msu) <br /> KB3172614 [x64](https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/updt/2016/07/windows8.1-kb3172614-x64_e41365e643b98ab745c21dba17d1d3b6bb73cfcc.msu)-[x86](https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/updt/2016/07/windows8.1-kb3172614-x86_d11c233c8598b734de72665e0d0a3f2ef007b91f.msu) <br /> KB5017220 [x64](https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/secu/2022/08/windows8.1-kb5017220-x64_d771111b22ec71560b207a6735d5ecebd47c4f38.msu)-[x86](https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/secu/2022/08/windows8.1-kb5017220-x86_3134a18dac1b1fe4f656c9e25d0e4aaa75619d16.msu) |
| Windows Server 2012 R2 | ServerDatacenter, ServerStandard and their Core variants | [3 Years](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-server-2012-r2) <br /> Oct 2023 to Oct 2026 | Same as Windows 8.1 |
+| Windows Server 2016 | ServerDatacenter, ServerStandard and their Core variants | TBA, but licenses for up to 6 years are available ([Jan 2027](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-server-2016) to Jan 2030 or Jan 2033) | KB5073447 [x64](https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/secu/2026/01/windows10.0-kb5073447-x64_1f7d036f64853efd2d391028bdf70c5374263951.msu) <br /> KB5073722 [x64](https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/secu/2026/01/windows10.0-kb5073722-x64_48b02ef00881e7d31bca3f7f61cc22794cad3586.msu)|
| Windows 10 | Core, CoreCountrySpecific, CoreSingleLanguage, <br /> Education, Enterprise, IoTEnterprise, <br /> Professional, ProfessionalEducation, <br /> ProfessionalWorkstation, ServerRdsh, PPIPro and their N variants | [3 Years](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/extended-security-updates) <br /> Oct 2025 to Oct 2028 | Windows 10 22H2 <br /> <br /> ESU license added in 19045.4957 <br /> <br /> ESU license last updated in 19045.6388 <br /> <br /> Just run Windows Update. |
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