if you activate using the Virtual kms Server can microsoft detect what server you using to activate and do you think they will issue new client key when oct 22 get here
question about VMWare KMS server image Just wondering with this VM KMS - they obviously put in a valid KMS key to the KMS host? so when it activates a client machine, does MS know what key was on the KMS host? Also with the time difference, what happens if we adjust the time on the KMS host? still activates clients in the future (i.e. greater than 180 days)?
They can see your fake product key if you connect with their servers. I don't know about downloading updates in the background with windows automatic updates. We might have to wait for MS to blacklist this key before we know if that will become disabled or still work. You won't pass WGA (don't know if they blacklisted this key yet) but offline at least you will be activated. WGA can sometimes disable that activation if you attempt to pass a WGA test. I say sometimes because out of about 15 tries it only deactivated me about 2 times. To get reactivated you would need to input a new key or frankenbuild your OS. Yes MS knows the key if you try to connect to microsoft. But remember you are offline activated so you don't have to connect to them. There was a report by someone that had issues with 180+ days (they said the virtual KMS server didn't like activating them). But when I tried in the past I had no problems, so we need more confirmations on this issue. I used VMWare Player and it worked fine for me.
Any progress on this to get it to activate server 2008 R2 as well? It says in all the readme files that it can, yet it just fails when i try doing so.
dont know, but if i guessed correct there are more than 1000+ clients has been activated thru his kms server.
Open the file slmgr.vbs (in your system32 folder) with notepad. Or drag slmgr.vbs in notepad. Then you can see what the script is all about
okay, so I kinda understand what it is now. Thanks. i've also read what all the commands stand for. eg. ipk = install product key but I still don't know what the "-skms" in "slmgr.vbs -skms windows7kms.ath.cx:1688" stand for. again, do any of these commands make changes to my hardware? thank you for your help guys
It means 'go ask the server at "windows7kms.ath.cx" on port number 1688 to activate you'. And if the server is still up, it might. No commands will change your hardware, unless you are flashing something. -- SC
Thank you! i guess the server is down then... i never can get the -ato stage working. anyways, thank you all for your help.