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# Activation Methods Chart
Below is a comparison of activation methods offered by Microsoft Activation Scripts.
## Basics
| | HWID | Ohook | Online KMS | ZeroCID[^1] | StaticCID[^1] | KMS4k[^1] |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :--: | :---: | :--------: | :---------: | :-----------: | :-------: |
| Works offline | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Activation is permanent | ✅ | ✅ | ✅[^3] | ✅ | ✅ | ✅[^4] |
| Does not leave any files in the <br /> system to maintain activation status | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
## Persistence
| | HWID | Ohook | Online KMS | ZeroCID[^1] | StaticCID[^1] | KMS4k[^1] |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------- | :--: | :---: | :--------: | :---------: | :-----------: | :-------: |
| Persists between hardware changes | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Persists between clean installations on the <br /> same hardware | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Persists between Windows 10 / 11 feature upgrades | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
## Support
| | HWID | Ohook | Online KMS | ZeroCID[^1] | StaticCID[^1] | KMS4k[^1] |
| --------------------------------- | :--: | :---: | :--------: | :---------: | :-----------: | :---------: |
| Windows Vista / 7 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅[^5] | ✅ | ❌ | ✅[^5] |
| Windows 8 / 8.1 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅[^5] | ✅ | ✅ | ✅[^5] |
| Windows 10 / 11 | ✅ | ❌ | ✅[^5] | ✅ | ✅ | ✅[^5] |
| Windows 11 (26100.4188 and later) | ✅ | ❌ | ✅[^5] | ❌ | ✅ | ✅[^5] |
| Windows Server 2008 / 2008 R2 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Windows Server 2012 / 2012 R2 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Windows Server 2016 and later | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Office 2010 | ❌ | ✅ | ✅[^5] | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Office 2013 and later | ❌ | ✅ | ✅[^5] | ✅[^6] | ✅[^6] | ✅[^5] [^6] |
| Windows / Office KMS Host | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Windows Extended Security Updates | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| OCUR / RP / APPXLOB addons | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
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[^1]: Provided by [TSforge](tsforge.md).
[^2]: Valid until the year 2038.
[^3]: Valid for 180 days by default. Permanent with renewal task installed.
[^4]: Valid for 4083 years.
[^5]: Volume activation capable editions only.
[^6]: Supported only on Windows 8 and later; subscription editions are not supported.
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