This activation method works offline.
Unlike HWID and Online KMS activation option, KMS38 does not match with any official activation method.
Make sure the following things have been accounted for, before -applying KMS38 Activation:
-Before the activation, if any KMS activator is installed, then -make sure to uninstall it completely.
After KMS38 activation has been achieved, if you want to use the -180 Days KMS Activator for MS Office, then you must make sure that it -(the 180 Days KMS Activator for MS Office) is compatible with Windows -KMS38 activation. FYI, the following activators are compatible and can -activate Office without disrupting the Windows KMS38 activation.
-KMS_VL_ALL by -abbodi1406
-MAS (Online KMS option)
Any KMS Activator which is not compatible with KMS38 may -overwrite the KMS38 activation for Windows with its own 180 days -activation, thereby destroying the KMS38 activation for Windows. To -prevent this accidental overwriting, you can select the KMS38 protection -option.
92NFX-8DJQP-P6BBQ-THF9C-7CG2HKBN8V-HFGQ4-MGXVD-347P6-PDQGTTX9XD-98N7V-6WMQ6-BX7FG-H8Q993KHY7-WNT83-DGQKR-F7HPR-844BMPVMJN-6DFY6-9CCP6-7BKTT-D3WVR7HNRX-D7KGG-3K4RQ-4WPJ4-YTDFHNBTWJ-3DR69-3C4V8-C26MC-GQ9M6W269N-WFGWX-YVC9B-4J6C9-T83GXMH37W-N47XK-V7XM9-C7227-GCQG96TP4R-GNPTD-KYYHQ-7B7DP-J447YYVWGF-BXNMC-HTQYQ-CPQ99-66QFCNRG8B-VKK3Q-CXVCJ-9G2XF-6Q84J9FNHH-K3HBT-3W4TD-6383H-6XYWF37D7F-N49CB-WQR8W-TBJ73-FM8RX6XN7V-PCBDC-BDBRH-8DQY7-G6R44Windows Server Cor/Acor (No GUI) editions don’t have
+clipup.exe file.
To KMS38 activate it, you need to download
+ClipUp.exe file from the below official MS link.
+https://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols/clipup.exe/5789984414b000/clipup.exe
Rename the downloaded file as ClipUp.exe and put it
+beside the KMS38 Activation script. That would be either
+MAS_AIO.cmd or KMS38_Activation.cmd
Activation script will check ClipUp.exe in the
+current folder (from where script is running) and will use it
+accordingly.
By default, KMS38 Activation is vulnerable to unintended -replacement by a 180-Day KMS Activator.
KMS38 Activation is vulnerable to unintended replacement by a +180-Day KMS Activator.
From MAS 1.7, script will enable the KMS38 protection by +default.
If you are going to use KMS_VL_ALL by abbodi1406 or MAS (Online KMS -option) for Office activation, then you don’t need to -enable this protection.
However, with a few tricks, you can ensure that no alternative -KMS Activator can replace KMS38 Activation by accident or even on -purpose. below is the explanation for how to do/undo that.
Below is the explanation for how the script protect +KMS38.
In the KMS activation method, Windows first checks the KMS IP registered as a specific KMS, and if that is not defined then it checks the Global KMS IP. Another fact is that if Localhost (IP range @@ -739,9 +750,7 @@ that KMS activator can be used for Office activation.
Set the Windows edition-specific KMS IP to Localhost (127.0.0.2)
Lock the below Registry with reg_own snippet by -AveYo
Protect the below Registry from edit and delete
Done.
This is applicable only in separate file versions.
If any parameter is used then the script will automatically run -in unattended mode.
To activate,
-"KMS38_Activation.cmd" /a
To activate along with KMS38 protection (from being replaced by -180 days KMS activation),
-"KMS38_Activation.cmd" /ap
To only generate GenuineTicket.xml,
-"KMS38_Activation.cmd" /g
To remove KMS38 protection,
-"KMS38_Activation.cmd" /x
Besides the plain batch script, KMS38 activation requires the use of -an official gatherosstate.exe (x86) file.
- File: gatherosstate.exe
- SHA-1: FABB5A0FC1E6A372219711152291339AF36ED0B5 It’s taken from Windows 10 -Version 1607 ADK (Section: User State Migration Tool)
-Further, in the case of Windows Server Core
-editions, the system doesn’t have clipup.exe file. So to
-activate it, MAS separate files version contains the below file. (It’s
-not included in MAS AIO)
File: ClipUp.exe
- SHA-1: 48D928B1BEC25A56FE896C430C2C034B7866AA7AIt’s taken from Windows Server 2016 -x64 ISO
-The process here is based on Universal ticket method. Here we will +create identical ticket which is used in MAS KMS38 script and activate +the system with it.
You need the gatherosstate.exe file, get it from MAS
-separate files version.
Download file from the below official MS link and extract this
+.cab file.
+https://download.microsoft.com/download/9/A/E/9AE69DD5-BA93-44E0-864E-180F5E700AB4/adk/Installers/14f4df8a2a7fc82a4f415cf6a341415d.cab
Find the file named
+filf8377e82b29deadca67bc4858ed3fba9 and rename it as
+gatherosstate.exe
Make a folder named Files in C drive,
C:\Files and copy the gatherosstate.exe file
in that folder.
gatherosstate.exe file.
$bytes = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes("C:\Files\gatherosstate.exe")
-$bytes[320] = 0x9c
+$bytes[320] = 0xf8
$bytes[321] = 0xfb
$bytes[322] = 0x05
+$bytes[324] = 0x03
$bytes[13672] = 0x25
$bytes[13674] = 0x73
$bytes[13676] = 0x3b
@@ -859,6 +848,7 @@ $bytes[33581] = 0x55
$bytes[33582] = 0x01
$bytes[33583] = 0x00
$bytes[33584] = 0x00
+$bytes[33978] = 0xc3
$bytes[34189] = 0x59
$bytes[34190] = 0xeb
$bytes[34191] = 0x28
@@ -872,11 +862,14 @@ $bytes[34376] = 0xeb
$bytes[34377] = 0x63
[System.IO.File]::WriteAllBytes("C:\Files\gatherosstatemodified.exe", $bytes)gatherosstatemodified.exe
+and goto properties and set the compatibility to Windows XP SP3.C:\Files\gatherosstatemodified.exe GVLKExp=2038-01-19T03:14:07Z`;DownlevelGenuineState=1C:\Files\gatherosstatemodified.exe /c GVLKExp=2038-01-19T03:14:07Z`;DownlevelGenuineState=1C:\Files\ now let’s apply it.Notes:
+To make the exact ticket used in MAS KMS38 script, fix the time
+with below Powershell command and then initiate the ticket generation
+process as per above mentioned steps.
+$date=[datetime]"2022/10/11 12:00";while($true){set-date $date; start-sleep -milliseconds 10}
In the case of Windows Server Cor/Acor (No GUI) editions, the
+system doesn’t have clipup.exe file. So to activate it, you
+need to download ClipUp.exe file from the below official MS
+link.
+https://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols/clipup.exe/5789984414b000/clipup.exe
+Rename the downloaded file as ClipUp.exe and put it in
+C:\Windows\System32 folder and then initiate the above
+mentioned activation process. Once the activation is done, you can
+remove the file.