KMSmicro local server activation

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  1. wiryawang

    wiryawang MDL Junior Member

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    Me too here, V9 will be my 4th download on this KMSMicro series :biggrin:

    Maybe they can compress it into just 10 Mb :biggrin5:
     
  2. HeadWalker

    HeadWalker MDL Senior Member

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    Waiting for it :biggrin5: Name will change do KMSnano :eek:
     
  3. EFA11

    EFA11 Avatar Guru

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    At this rate, when I wake up tomorrow it will be 25MB unzipped :D (but I need to fly to San Diego for a conference. My fun is over soon, at least until the 14th lol)
     
  4. privatehun

    privatehun MDL Senior Member

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    If it can sync Time offline or Activate without sync time... It will be a complete offline Activation solution....
     
  5. lan10897110

    lan10897110 MDL Novice

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    I hope so..........
     
  6. craftbrewer

    craftbrewer MDL Senior Member

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    Thank god I didn't invest time and effort in a GUI to make the process simple (a push of a button)

    Til this settles down to a size like the KMS for windows 7 and Office 2010, we shall SEE IT GET SMALLER AND SMALLER.

    Then the GUI applications will follow
     
  7. abbodi1406

    abbodi1406 MDL KB0000001

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    mount/attach KMSmicro.vhd
    goto :\kmshost\configuration.cmd & open with notepad
    delete the top lines:
    "%programfiles%\NetTime\NetTime.exe"
    "%systemdrive%\kmshost\NETTIME\NETTIME.exe" /hide

    save & eject/unmount the vhd
    now the machine/script will run without internet needed
    and you can sync time offline manually through option Z
    choose & set your right timezone... then set time manually correctly
     
  8. corruptedSoul

    corruptedSoul MDL Novice

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    #328 corruptedSoul, Nov 7, 2012
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    Code:
    -rtc base=localtime,clock=host ^
    Doesn't this already solve the time sync problem?
     
  9. szuper

    szuper MDL Novice

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    #329 szuper, Nov 7, 2012
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    Glavin MDL Novice

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    #330 Glavin, Nov 7, 2012
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  11. johnmclaine

    johnmclaine MDL Novice

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    #331 johnmclaine, Nov 7, 2012
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    Just delete de space in the btih: hash for example:

    Code:
    03B33594D4928DE92024E857621A90 C3A1F30D0B
    to
    03B33594D4928DE92024E857621A90C3A1F30D0B
    and it will work
     
  12. szuper

    szuper MDL Novice

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  13. abbodi1406

    abbodi1406 MDL KB0000001

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    #333 abbodi1406, Nov 7, 2012
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    No
    this will make the KMSmicro time to be like your real machine time Regardless of the difference in timezones

    but the correct time sync require to either KMSmicro+RealPC to be the same in timezone&time, or the correct time when the timezones differ
    example:

    KMSmicro time 03:00 , timezone US standard | RealPC time 03:00 , timezone US Standard
    or
    KMSmicro time 03:00 , timezone US standard | RealPC time 08:00 , timezone GMT
     
  14. privatehun

    privatehun MDL Senior Member

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    I don't think so.. if u offline and start QEMU it will be stuck at \configuration.cmd screen....
     
  15. corruptedSoul

    corruptedSoul MDL Novice

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    #335 corruptedSoul, Nov 7, 2012
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    Create differencing/undo image for v8+

    since V8, KMSmicro has been upgraded from Connectix VHD format to QEMU qcow2 format

    as you boot up KMSmicro, the image will be written and altered.
    A good thing to have is to have the main image read only, and have all writes to a differencing image, and by removing or reseting that image, you get an undo feature.

    What we can do now is access the cow (copy-on-write) feature of the qcow2 (QEMU copy-on-write v2) image.

    Get a copy of the full qemu, we actually only need qemu-img.exe (which was not included in the KMSmicro package)
    I am using a copy from here: homepage3.nifty.com/takeda-toshiya/
    copy qemu-img.exe into Bios folder (same folder as openqemupc.rom)

    Create a new cmd script file in the same folder as the other cmd script files.
    Insert the following as content:
    Code:
    REM Create or recreate differencing image for copy-on-write for qcow2 image
    @ECHO OFF
    pushd "%~dp0"
    
    cd qemu\bios
    qemu-img.exe create -f qcow2 -b openqemupc.rom openqemupc-diff.rom
    echo.
    echo New diff image created.
    echo.
    pause
    
    popd
    exit
    
    edit your KMSmicro scripts and alter the lines from
    Code:
    -hda Bios\openqemupc.rom ^
    to
    Code:
    -hda Bios\openqemupc-diff.rom ^
    Running this cmd script will create (or recreate, removing the old) differencing image file (based on the current image, in what ever state it may be) where all writes will be made, making the original read only.

    A recommended course of procedure would be:
    re-extract a fresh copy of the original image (openqemupc.rom)
    boot it up normally
    apply any changes (time-zone, etc)
    shut it down
    copy qemu-img.exe, create script. Run the script.
    edit remaining scripts to use the diff image.
     
  16. harrismail

    harrismail MDL Member

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    #336 harrismail, Nov 7, 2012
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    Just tried v9 on a Win 8 Pro x64 and it worked perfectly, but why (a couple of days ago on another PC) when I entered the free M$ WMC key to upgrade a non activated Win 8 Pro x64 did it say permanent activation whereas the v9 MicroKMS activation method is only for 180 days?
     
  17. antony_blu3

    antony_blu3 MDL Member

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    WMC key is RETAIL key, so it's permanent of course, but it's unsafe since it's personal key
    This KMSMicro will be the best solution since you need no internet connection to active your windows and
    180 days is EXTENDABLE.
     
  18. naseap

    naseap MDL Senior Member

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    I can't seem to get this to run on one of my pcs. I have been able to get it to run on all my other pcs but not this one. I am using V9 and when I run the 1-0kms command a command windows flashes for a second but the server never boots up. In the task manager it shows it as running. This is the pc that I installed VMware workstation on to activate using the original kms activation method.
     
  19. abbodi1406

    abbodi1406 MDL KB0000001

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    from task manager stop all vmware services and try again

    or look in qemu folder for sderr.txt file and read what the error
     
  20. naseap

    naseap MDL Senior Member

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    I already tried by stopping all the VMware services, maybe I missed one. Here is the text from the sderr file


    qemu-system-x86_64.exe: -net user,hostfwd=tcp:0.0.0.0:1688-:1688,hostfwd=udp:127.0.0.1:123-:123: could not set up host forwarding rule 'tcp:0.0.0.0:1688-:1688'
    qemu-system-x86_64.exe: -net user,hostfwd=tcp:0.0.0.0:1688-:1688,hostfwd=udp:127.0.0.1:123-:123: Device 'user' could not be initialized