Hello everybody! I have browsed the forum for a while to find answers to my questions and I guess that I already no that most of things I need are simply not possible. But still I want to clarify some things so decided to bother you guys and ask hehe First of all the very dumb question: is it possible to test if a key for win7 is still eligible for online activation without trying to activate it in a VM? I guess not, right? More complicated one: if I use the same VM to test many keys - how does it affect them? Does anybody have any experience? I mean... Is it bad or not? Should I better save a state snapshot with unactivated machine and try always from that state? After I tested the key and it worked in my VM is there anyway to cancel that activation so I can use it on the other machine? Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Thanks for such a prompt reply! So even if my VM was already activated and I changed the key and activated it again with this new key - it'll loose 1 activation possibility... Is there any information (may be rouge one) of how many activations (online/phone) are possible for different type of keys (OEM:COA, OEM:NONSLP, RETAIL, RETAIL/MSDN)?
And another thing... Does anybody tried to analyze network traffic during activation process? I mean if it's a one-step thing like data send / data received or it's may be possible to get some information on that level and abort it before activation?
slmgr.vbs /upk does nothing with activation counts on M$ server, right? just removes the key locally?
Yes. Remember not to activate KMS with "slmgr /ato %ID%". Why? If the %ID% was wrong, then it will activate "Windows" online. So, if the Windows is permanently activated, you lost one count. Use "wmic path SoftwareLicensingProduct where (ID='%ID%') call Activate" instead.
Yea, thanks... My target is to find a way to sort out keys that are still eligible for online activation without harming them... I guess there is no solution but still... may be Now thinking about sniffing the activation process in order to emulate it and may be break earlier.
He also told that it's not suitable for anything except MAKs. And I am looking for some solution for anything except MAKs.
I guess found it... Uses WGA thing from KB892130, right? Is it possible to adopt the same method for 7? BTW Do u know (roughly) activation allowance (online/phone) for different type of 7 keys? (OEM:COA, OEM:NONSLP, RETAIL, RETAIL/MSDN)