I'm not talking about "fishy" ways but in general, only VL versions like proVL or enterprise can be activated by using KMS. I have no idea what has happened to your none VL version during the use of KMSpico (if you used it which I don't know) Earlier versions of KMSpico converted retail versions to VL and then activated nicely in a local way but atm, I'm not sure if it works like it was in the past. Heldigard can bring light into that darkness
New KMSPico will modife Retail to VL and activate if the Server is online... but not on 24/7 also many still have Firewall or AV activated, and Developer SAYS Disable first or set exception.... so far my location over 100 Activations at 100%, Pro & Enterprise.
This worked for me. I was misguided in a different update guide and installed the WMC key first, which caused all known methods to fail. (as some have pointed out, the thread title is misleading as well)... I managed to get it to work without reinstalling, by removing Pro WMC from 8.1 and converting it to plain Pro 8.1. I would post a link to a guide on how to do this, but alas, my post count is too low. There is a guide on eight forums, however, under the tutorials section, that tells you how to remove WMC from Windows 8 and go back to plain Pro. It works for 8.1 as well if you have 8.1 install media and use the VLK 8.1 Pro key.
Hi, did you got a solution for this? I was still not able to activate, with kmspico it gets stuck at 5% and them closed, this is a know issue, so I have placed the commands manually and I get the same issue as Ahmed on post 211, is there a solution for this?
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