Would you be able to test this? I have so far made AutoKMS able to function as a service, but I cannot test that it will actually run in your scenario properly (before login). The changes I made are this: Normally AutoKMS is a scheduled task, I now run that task with /Application switch. The tasks behave the same as before (launch at login). AutoKMS can also be installed as a service. There is a third entry in toolkit. It uses the existing AutoKMS, so you must have AutoKMS installed to use this service. If AutoKMS is setup as a service, the normal task launch behaves differently. All the service does is launch KMSEmulator, change its PID to whatever you have in AutoKMS.ini, and set the local KMS host for Windows and Office to the KMSServer in AutoKMS.ini (by local KMS host I mean setup the PC with the installed AutoKMS to use it for activation). Normally the task starts its own KMSEmulator and sets hosts (and optionally removes/deletes afterward), but it will skip this since they are already running (also it will not remove them since that would kill the point of the service). So effectively the service method is a means to launch KMSEmulator as a service, building off the normal AutoKMS. There are no new files, just a service entry. But I need someone to test and see if they actually get it working on the server setup as you mentioned (not logged in but network hosts can activate). Don't forget it needs .NET 3.5 on your 2003 server, which is already a part of 2008 server.
CODY, Yes, I'm able to test this. I won't be able to test it at the office until next week. But in the meantime I can test it in my home network (only 1 server and 4 client computers, but I think it could be enough for testing purposes) The reason I'm asking you for this feature is that Freesoft's MiniKMS doesn't seem to be able to change the PID (or, at least, I don't know how to do it), which is an extra feature and advantage of your implementation of the ZWT keygen. .Net framework requirement wouldn't be a problem, it's already installed in the server (2003 r2 enterprise 32bit).
hello, thank you for this great software. i have one question. is it possible to activate office 2010 using this tool, with out installing anything to the pc ??, i like one time running anf after 180 days i will re run it to activate again. is it possible and what is the default behavior ??. thank you again. suren
Yes you can just disable Install AutoKMS in EZ-Activator settings, and enable Delete KMS Keygen and Host, but you will have to reactivate manually.
Hello, thank you for the replys, is it possible to pre-activate office 2010 using the customize setup tab ???
OK then DL 2.1.5 BETA 1, I just posted it. You will have to install the new AutoKMS inside it to activate the service install (AutoKMS is the service, but new AutoKMS has code in it allowing it to act as a service).
I see kmsemulator in my firewall list but I don't see autokms ... I installed autokms but is there something I need to do for it to pop up on windows firewall automatically? EDIT** with the above posts, I guess it means I didn't run the ez-activator (which I didn't) I just clicked the activate button and left things at that.
It won't show in Firewall, since only KMSEmulator does network stuff, but add both exes to AV exclusions.
You don't have office 2010 installed on that server do you? Because the exception is thrown because it is trying to set office KMS host via WMI, but it can't since there is no OSPPSVC WMI if no office 2010 is installed. Do note that I also implement a SetWindowsKMSHost after, which even if you had office installed, it would bomb there since I used SPPSVC WMI (and 2003 is XP like). I'll have to take care of that. But good to see it failed for a simple reason vs a complicated one. I will UL a replacement AutoKMS, vs a whole new toolkit, replace when I do so and try again. I'll have to implement more checks. I did all my testing on Win 7 with
Ok, I will do more testing whenever a new version is ready. Oh, and you're right, I don't have Office installed on the server. It's mainly a fileserver and doesn't have much software installed. Thanks a lot. Regards.
Mmm, I can't see my post. I'm refreshing the page but it doesn't seem to appear. Anyway, I was saying that this new build seems to have the same problem. Same errors on the Event Viewer. But, strangely, now it doesn't finish starting. Somehow the service cannot recover itself and remains stopped.
Can you try it again? Are the errors occuring before or after login (I can't seem to get an error while logged in). Are you getting errors other than the 7000/7009?
The error appears before login. A pop up window appears at the logon screen (the one that says press ctrl-alt-del to logon) and says: "At least one service or driver failed during system startup. Use Event Viewer to examine the event log for details." The only errors on the System Event Log are 7000 and 7009, nothing more. There are no errors on the Application Event Log.