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<a href="index.html">Home</a>
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<a href="faq.html">FAQ</a>
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<a href="troubleshoot.html">Troubleshoot</a>
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<a href="genuine-installation-media.html">Download Windows/Office</a>
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</a>
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<a href="hwid.html">HWID Activation</a>
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<li>
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<a href="ohook.html">Ohook Activation</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="kms38.html">KMS38 Activation</a>
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<a href="online_kms.html">Online KMS Activation</a>
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<li class="divider"></li>
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<a href="command_line_switches.html">Command Line Switches</a>
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<li class="divider"></li>
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<a href="check_activation_status.html">Check Activation Status</a>
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<li class="divider"></li>
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<li>
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<a href="oem-folder.html">Extract $OEM$ Folder</a>
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<a href="change_edition.html">Change Edition</a>
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<li class="divider"></li>
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<li>
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<a href="bypass-russian-geoblock.html">Bypass Russian Geoblock</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="office-license-is-not-genuine.html">Office License Is Not Genuine</a>
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<a href="fix-wpa-registry.html">Fix WPA Registry</a>
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<a href="licensing-servers-issue.html">Licensing Servers Issue</a>
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<a href="unsupported_products_activation.html">Unsupported Products Activation</a>
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<a href="changelog.html">Changelog</a>
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<a href="credits.html">Credits</a>
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<a href="contactus.html">Contact Us</a>
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</div><!--/.navbar -->
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<div id="header">
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</div>
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<div id="online-kms-activation" class="section level1">
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<h1>Online KMS Activation</h1>
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<hr />
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<div id="overview" class="section level2">
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<h2>Overview</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p>How to use it? Please find the instructions <a
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href="index.html#Download__How_to_use_it">here</a>.</p></li>
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<li><p>This Online KMS Activation script is a fork of abbodi1406’s <a
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href="https://github.com/abbodi1406/KMS_VL_ALL_AIO/">KMS_VL_ALL</a></p></li>
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<li><p>This fork’s purpose is to avoid having any KMS binary files and
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activate Windows / Office using only transparent batch script with
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online public KMS servers IP (Not hostname).</p></li>
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<li><p>This script requires Internet for activation.</p></li>
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<li><p>KMS activates Windows / Office for 180 Days. For Windows Core /
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ProWMC editions it is 30 / 45 Days.</p></li>
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<li><p>This script can activate both Retail and Volume Windows
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installation.</p></li>
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<li><p>This script can activate C2R Retail and VL Office, but not 2010 /
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2013 MSI Retail Office and UWP Office.</p></li>
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<li><p>This script skips the activation of any permanently / KMS38
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activated product.</p></li>
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<li><p>As mentioned, KMS activates only for a limited period and it’s
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not permanent, read below on how to achieve lifetime
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activation.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<hr />
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</div>
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<div id="activation-renewal" class="section level2">
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<h2>Activation Renewal</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p>By design in the genuine <a
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href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/tn-archive/ee939272(v=technet.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN#kms-overview">KMS</a>
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activation method, the system contacts the registered server every 7
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days, and if contacted successfully it will automatically renew and
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reset the activation for the full period of 180 days again, starting
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from the day of successful contact. If the system cannot contact the
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server, it will be deactivated after 180 days and it will remain
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deactivated until contact can be restored.</p></li>
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<li><p>To get the lifetime activation, you need to do either one of the
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below two things,</p></li>
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</ul>
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<ol style="list-style-type: decimal">
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<li><p><strong>Manual Activation</strong><br />
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Run the online KMS activation whenever required.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>Activation Auto-Renewal</strong><br />
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You can install the auto-renewal in the script.<br />
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This method puts the following two files,<br />
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<br />
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<code>C:\Program Files\Activation-Renewal\Activation_task.cmd</code></p>
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<p><code>C:\Program Files\Activation-Renewal\Info.txt</code></p>
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<p>And creates a scheduled task (<code>\Activation-Renewal</code>) to
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run the script every 7 days. This task registers the working KMS server
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and triggers activation commands only for the installed Volume
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products.<br />
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The scheduled task runs only if the system is connected to the
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Internet.</p></li>
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</ol>
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<hr />
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</div>
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<div id="remarks" class="section level2">
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<h2>Remarks</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p>With KMS Activation, you can update Windows/Office without any
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issues.</p></li>
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<li><p>What is left in the system in the activation process?</p>
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<ul>
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<li><p><strong>If Renewal Task is installed:</strong> After activation,
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it leaves the KMS Server IP in the registry, which helps you to get the
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global activation feature whereby the system auto-renews the activation.
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About files and scheduled tasks, it has been mentioned above.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>If Renewal Task is NOT installed:</strong> It leaves a
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non-existent IP 10.0.0.10 to avoid the Office Not Genuine Banner
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issue.</p></li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><p>This script includes the most-stable KMS servers (16) list from
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all over the world. The server selection process is fully automatic.
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Script randomly selects a server, tests if it’s online, if yes then
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apply the activation command, if fails, then retry this process maximum
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of total 3 times for a product. Such redundancy makes sure that we get
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the working KMS server at any time.</p></li>
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<li><p>If your system date is incorrect (beyond 180 days) and you are
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offline, the system will be deactivated, but will automatically
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reactivate when you correct the system date.</p></li>
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<li><p>The advantage of Online KMS activation is that it doesn’t need
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any KMS binary file and the system can be activated using some manual
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commands or transparent batch script files. So this is for those who
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don’t like/have difficulties/trust issues in offline KMS because of its
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binary files and antivirus detections.</p>
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<p>But if you prefer offline KMS then checkout an open-source activator,
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abbodi1406’s <a
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href="https://github.com/abbodi1406/KMS_VL_ALL_AIO/">KMS_VL_ALL</a></p></li>
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</ul>
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<hr />
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</div>
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<div id="supported-products" class="section level2">
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<h2>Supported Products</h2>
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<p><strong>Volume-capable:</strong></p>
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<ul>
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<li><p><strong>Windows 11:</strong><br />
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Enterprise, Enterprise LTSC, IoT Enterprise LTSC, Enterprise G,
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Enterprise multi-session, SE (CloudEdition), Education, Pro, Pro
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Workstation, Pro Education, Home, Home Single Language, Home
|
||
China</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Windows 10:</strong><br />
|
||
Enterprise, Enterprise LTSC/LTSB, IoT Enterprise LTSC, Enterprise G,
|
||
Enterprise multi-session, Education, Pro, Pro Workstation, Pro
|
||
Education, Home, Home Single Language, Home China</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Windows 8.1:</strong><br />
|
||
Enterprise, Pro, Pro with Media Center, Core, Core Single Language, Core
|
||
China, Pro for Students, Bing, Bing Single Language, Bing China,
|
||
Embedded Industry Enterprise/Pro/Automotive</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Windows 8:</strong><br />
|
||
Enterprise, Pro, Pro with Media Center, Core, Core Single Language, Core
|
||
China, Embedded Industry Enterprise/Pro</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>Windows 10/11 on <strong>ARM64</strong> is supported. Windows
|
||
8/8.1/10/11 <strong>N editions</strong> variants are also supported
|
||
(e.g. Pro N)</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Windows 7:</strong><br />
|
||
Enterprise /N/E, Professional /N/E, Embedded POSReady/ThinPC</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Windows Server 2022/2019/2016:</strong><br />
|
||
LTSC editions (Standard, Datacenter, Essentials, Cloud Storage, Azure
|
||
Core, Server ARM64), SAC editions (Standard ACor, Datacenter ACor, Azure
|
||
Datacenter)</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Windows Server 2012 R2:</strong><br />
|
||
Standard, Datacenter, Essentials, Cloud Storage</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Windows Server 2012:</strong><br />
|
||
Standard, Datacenter, MultiPoint Standard, MultiPoint Premium</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Windows Server 2008 R2:</strong><br />
|
||
Standard, Datacenter, Enterprise, MultiPoint, Web, HPC Cluster</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Office Volume 2010 / 2013 / 2016 / 2019 /
|
||
2021</strong></p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<p><strong>Notes:</strong></p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><p>X86-X64 and ARM64 architecture systems are supported.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>Any Evaluation version of Windows (i.e. ‘EVAL’ LTSB/C) cannot be
|
||
activated.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>ServerRdsh edition does not <a
|
||
href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/windows-10-multisession-faq#can-i-run-windows-10-enterprise-multi-session-on-premises">officially</a>
|
||
support activation on non-azure systems.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>Supported <u>Windows</u> products do not need volume conversion,
|
||
only the GVLK (KMS key) is needed, which the script will install
|
||
accordingly.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>KMS activation on Windows 7 has a limitation related to OEM
|
||
Activation 2.0 and Windows marker. For more info, see <a
|
||
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/942962">here</a> and <a
|
||
href="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793426(v=ws.10).aspx#activation-of-windows-oem-computers">here</a>.
|
||
To verify the activation possibility before attempting, see <a
|
||
href="https://forums.mydigitallife.net/posts/1553139/">this</a>.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>These editions are only KMS-activatable for <em>45</em> days at
|
||
max:</p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><p>Windows 10/11 Home edition variants</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>Windows 8.1 Core edition variants, Pro with Media Center, Pro for
|
||
Students</p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<p>These editions are only KMS-activatable for <em>30</em> days at
|
||
max:</p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li>Windows 8 Core edition variants, Pro with Media Center</li>
|
||
</ul></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<hr />
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="unsupported-products" class="section level2">
|
||
<h2>Unsupported Products</h2>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><p>Office MSI Retail 2010/2013, Office 2010 C2R Retail</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>Office UWP (Windows 10/11 Apps)</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>Windows editions that do not support KMS activation by design:
|
||
Windows Evaluation Editions<br />
|
||
Windows 7 (Starter, HomeBasic, HomePremium, Ultimate)<br />
|
||
Windows 10 (Cloud “S”, IoTEnterprise, IoTEnterpriseS,
|
||
ProfessionalSingleLanguage… etc)<br />
|
||
Windows Server (Server Foundation, Storage Server, Home Server 2011…
|
||
etc)</p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<hr />
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="how-does-it-work" class="section level2">
|
||
<h2>How does it work?</h2>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><p><strong>What is KMS activation?</strong><br />
|
||
Key Management Service (KMS) is a genuine activation method provided by
|
||
Microsoft for volume licensing customers (organizations, schools, or
|
||
governments). The machines in those environments (called KMS clients)
|
||
are activated via the Environment KMS Host Server (authorized
|
||
Microsoft’s licensing key), instead of Microsoft activation servers. By
|
||
design, the KMS activation period lasts up to 180 Days (6 Months) at
|
||
max, with the ability to renew and reinstate the period at any time.
|
||
Activation renewal automatically happens every 7 days if the client can
|
||
connect to the KMS host server. For more info, see <a
|
||
href="https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/servicecenter/Help/FAQDetails.aspx?id=201#215">here</a>
|
||
and <a
|
||
href="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee939272(v=ws.10).aspx#kms-overview">here</a>.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>How are we getting it for free?</strong><br />
|
||
Developers reverse-engineered the KMS Host Server setup, so now anyone
|
||
can host a KMS server and activate the systems without any limitations.
|
||
KMS activators such as KMSpico, MTK, KMS_VL_ALL, etc., locally create an
|
||
emulated KMS Host Server and activate Windows and Office.</p>
|
||
<p>This locally-emulated KMS server requires you to run binary files
|
||
which often cause anti-virus alerts (false positives).</p>
|
||
<p>Another method of KMS activation is a publicly-available Online KMS
|
||
Host Server. In this method, the site hosts the emulated KMS server, and
|
||
anyone can simply use this server to activate their systems, there is no
|
||
requirement for running any software on your system.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p><strong>Is Online KMS activation safe?</strong><br />
|
||
Yes.<br />
|
||
Let’s go into the details. In the KMS protocol, there is a relationship
|
||
between host and client. The client system asks the host system to grant
|
||
the activation, and the host system grants the activation if it’s
|
||
eligible. In this process, the client system shares some of the system’s
|
||
data, which is not sensitive in nature. According to the <a
|
||
href="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee939272(v=ws.10).aspx#kms-overview">Microsoft
|
||
document</a>, the client system shares the following data with the host
|
||
system: Client FQDN, CMID, time-stamp, Product license state, expiration
|
||
time, and IP address</p>
|
||
<p>In this shared info, the important part is your IP address. Below are
|
||
some things regarding it which you should know.</p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><p>Sharing your IP while going online is not a security concern. You
|
||
can not go online to visit any website without having to share your IP
|
||
address.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>IP addresses do not necessarily represent a specific person.
|
||
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) mostly use dynamic IP, which means the
|
||
same IP address can be used by many different persons, and a dynamic IP
|
||
address is periodically reassigned to different people all the time. But
|
||
a static IP address is permanently assigned to a unique subscriber. The
|
||
Internet Service Provider (ISP) won’t reveal that information unless
|
||
there is a legal reason to do so.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>Microsoft has never tried to go after Home users in legal cases
|
||
for using a few pirated activations (not talking about stolen legal
|
||
keys) simply because the cost of legal actions would be much higher than
|
||
the amount of money gained by forcing a few people to purchase
|
||
activations.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>No law enforcement is going to take action based on IPs from all
|
||
over the world without the consent of Microsoft itself.</p></li>
|
||
</ul></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<p>Feel free to contact us in case you have a contradictory point of
|
||
view.</p>
|
||
<hr />
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="how-to-remove-online-kms" class="section level2">
|
||
<h2>How to remove Online KMS?</h2>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><p>In MAS, goto Online KMS activation and apply Uninstall
|
||
option.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>After that, In MAS, goto Troubleshoot and apply Fix Licensing
|
||
option.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>Done.</p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<hr />
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="office-non-genuine-banner" class="section level2">
|
||
<h2>Office ‘Non-genuine’ Banner</h2>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><p>Office Click-to-Run builds (since February 2021) that are
|
||
activated with KMS check the existence of the KMS server name in the
|
||
registry.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>If KMS server is not present, a banner is shown in Office
|
||
programs notifying that “Office isn’t licensed properly”, see <a
|
||
href="images/office-license-is-not-genuine.png">here</a>.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>Therefore in manual mode, <code>KeyManagementServiceName</code>
|
||
value containing a non-existent IP address 10.0.0.10 will be kept in the
|
||
below registry keys:</p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<!-- -->
|
||
<pre><code>HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform
|
||
|
||
HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform</code></pre>
|
||
<p>This is perfectly fine to keep, and it does not affect Windows or
|
||
Office activation. For more explanation, visit <a
|
||
href="office-license-is-not-genuine.html">here</a></p>
|
||
<hr />
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="office-retail-to-volume" class="section level2">
|
||
<h2>Office Retail to Volume</h2>
|
||
<p>Office Retail must be converted to Volume first before it can be
|
||
activated with KMS.<br />
|
||
By default, this activation script will convert Office C2R Retail to
|
||
Volume.</p>
|
||
<p><strong>Notes:</strong></p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><p>Supported Click-to-Run products: Office 365 (Microsoft 365 Apps),
|
||
Office 2021 / 2019 / 2016, Office 2013</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>Activated Office Retail or Subscription products will be skipped
|
||
from conversion</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>Office 365 itself does not have volume licenses, therefore it
|
||
will be converted to Office Mondo licenses</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>Windows 10/11: Office 2016 products will be converted with
|
||
corresponding Office 2019 licenses (if RTM detected)</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>Windows 8.1: Office 2016/2019 products will be converted with
|
||
corresponding Office 2021 licenses (if RTM detected)</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>Office Professional suite will be converted with Office
|
||
Professional Plus licenses</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>Office HomeBusiness/HomeStudent suites will be converted with
|
||
Office Standard licenses</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>Office 2013 products follow the same logic, but handled
|
||
separately</p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<p>Alternatively, if the automatic conversion did not work, or if you
|
||
prefer to use the standalone converter script: <a
|
||
href="https://forums.mydigitallife.net/posts/1150042/">Office-C2R-Retail2Volume</a></p>
|
||
<hr />
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="debug-mode" class="section level2">
|
||
<h2>Debug Mode</h2>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><p>With debug mode, we can get a log file with more details of the
|
||
activation script process and it can be used to troubleshoot the
|
||
activation issues.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>In the Online KMS option, you can enable <code>Debug Mode</code>
|
||
by pressing 6. When the activation is run with Debug Mode enabled, it
|
||
creates a log file that contains details of the activation process, this
|
||
is useful to detect activation errors. You can send that log to us to
|
||
check. Check troubleshoot heading.</p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<hr />
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="override-office-vnext" class="section level2">
|
||
<h2>Override Office vNext</h2>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><p>The script is set by default to override Office C2R vNext license
|
||
(subscription or lifetime) or its residue.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>However, if you prefer to turn OFF this function from the menu,
|
||
press 7 in keyboard to change the state to Override Office vNext [No]
|
||
and then proceed to activate Office.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>You will need to turn off this option if you have O365
|
||
subscription and wants to use KMS for Project and Visio.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>If Office vNext license is detected, the option and state will be
|
||
highlighted, to draw the user attention.</p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<hr />
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="command-line-switches" class="section level2">
|
||
<h2>Command line Switches</h2>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li>Check <a href="command_line_switches.html">here</a>.</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<hr />
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="setup-preactivate" class="section level2">
|
||
<h2>Setup Preactivate</h2>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><p>Check the Extract OEM option in the MAS <code>Extras</code>
|
||
section if you want pre-activated Windows installation.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p>Further read <a href="oem-folder.html">here</a>.</p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<hr />
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="troubleshooting" class="section level2">
|
||
<h2>Troubleshooting</h2>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li>Check <a href="troubleshoot.html">here</a>.</li>
|
||
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|
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|
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