# 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.