This tool doesn't seem to be working for me. I have downloaded the Home & Student version (trial) from microsoft and use the tool to activate it. I open to the tool and click ez-activate and the log seems to say that it's successful. However, when I go to open Word (for example) it asks me for a product key. Any ideas? Office ver: Home and Student (downloaded from MS) using the latest toolkit version Windows 7 64bit
Probably Click 2 Run which I cannot convert so it doesn't use the activated license. Never use the HB/HS/Pro from MS, these are crap versions and don't work right. You want to use Pro Plus, you can get Retail version from the second link in my sig, convert it via the toolkit's "Customize Setup" tab, and install that. PS Do you have a "Q:" drive? If so office is click to run and doesn't convert since I can't touch the virtual drive. I need to add a C2R check and disable stuff if true...
I really do wish MS would stop making click to run crap. The problem is OEM's load PC's with their crap trial office like always, but now in C2R form. People hear of my tool and activation says to work (because it was Pro Plus installed/convert license since none of the 3 versions has a VL equivalent), but since the virtualized apps can't see the normal Registration key, they cannot use the newly installed/activated/converted license, hence the key nag. In theory, AutoRearm/IORRT should have no issue with them (C2R) since activation files are out of the virtual bubble, but my AutoRearm might crap out given the backup may fail due to lack of Registration keys, I need to test it. I know IORRT doesn't even save those keys though. EDIT: My AutoRearm would not convert now that I remember, and IORRT doesn't work on retail s it checks for VL. The nags and lack of convertability make the Rearm choices a bad run as well on C2R. Whoever invented C2R needs to be carried out in the streets and kicked in the face repeatedly
IORRT might work on retail if task is set just prior to retail nag which might be less than 24hrs however no reason to use retail just convert with your tool or stans to VL It's all about nags initial time with 2010 rearm concept However it's stupid to use retail with KMS solution or rearm concept either AR of IORRT Just convert right and activate is the easiest in consideration AV has exclusions
Rearm nags from day zero to activate, VL nags at day 25. No way to stop the nags unlike IR5 (unless there is a secret reg entry we don't know about). The nag doesn't stop you from using rearm concept, but you may as well just use VL in notifications mode if you are going to put up with that crap. It's the same thing plus the red bar. Retail gets crippled in notifications mode though.
Couple dudes said IORRT worked with their retail install so that's where that comment came from Depends on retail nag moment initial duration initial moment Is retail nag immediate?
Noob question here. I downloaded the Toolkit and used the EZ-Activator on my Office 2010 installation a couple of days ago. It activated just fine, but now shows I have a 178 days left. --------------------------------------- SKU ID: 6f327760-8c5c-417c-9b61-836a98287e0c OID: 005283-882090-268905-667223-221380-635576-310582-337312-966214 LICENSE NAME: Office 14, OfficeProPlus-KMS_Client LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 14, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel LICENSE STATUS: Activated ERROR CODE: 0 as licensed Last 5 characters of installed product key: H3GVB REMAINING GRACE: 178 days (256297 minute(s) before expiring) --------------------------------------- But I see my AutoKMS seems not to be working. AutoKMS Ran At 8/23/2011 6:42:27 AM. Started KMSEmulator Attempting To Activate Office 2010. Successfully Set Office KMS Host To 127.0.0.1 Successfully Set Office KMS Port To 1688 Set KMS PID To: 55041-00168-305-190595-03-1033-3790.0000-2692009 Attempting To Activate Office 2010 KMS Products. Attempting To Activate Professional Plus. Failed To Activate 10 Times. Stopped KMSEmulator. What to check first? My version of Office? Thanks! LDN
I did, but it still shows this after a restart ------------------------------------ AutoKMS Ran At 8/23/2011 6:27:50 PM. Started KMSEmulator Attempting To Activate Office 2010. Successfully Set Office KMS Host To 127.0.0.1 Successfully Set Office KMS Port To 1688 Set KMS PID To: 55041-00168-305-190595-03-1033-3790.0000-2692009 Attempting To Activate Office 2010 KMS Products. Attempting To Activate Professional Plus. Failed To Activate 10 Times. Stopped KMSEmulator. I guess I'm trying to understand what can make it fail so I can troubleshoot it. AV? Firewall? Office Version? I just built the computer, so I don't have a ton of stuff on it. I see where the KMSServer is running on the localhost IP (127.0.0.1).....Does it matter that I have that localhost IP listed in the HOSTS file to throw off Adobe Activation. Does anyone change this IP to their 192.168.1.XX address?....would it matter? Thanks for any help you can lend. LDN
Hosts is no issue. Be sure you are on latest version, as a older version may have issues. After making sure you have latest version, run EZ-Activator and post exactly what it says. I ask you to be sure you have the latest version as a 2.2 version (not 2.2.3) wasn't handling the PID right so EZ-Activator would work and not AutoKMS. This isn't giving the sign of an AV, as if you had an old enough version it would catch KMSEMulator.exe and AutoKMS log would indicate. A newer AutoKMS would more likely face AV issues in the form of AutoKMS.exe itself getting nuked. This looks like KMS is being done but a PID issue, and as I said a 2.2 version (but not the latest), had an issue with updating the PID in AutoKMS (this is why I want your version and EZ-Activator output, as I can tell by that). PS: Version is in file properties or in the title. Do not read version from any INI file.
The title says Office Toolkit 2.2.3 I ran EZ-Activator again and it states in console: --------------------------------------- Getting Office License Configuration Information. --------------------------------------- Backing Up License Info In Case Of Failure. --------------------------------------- Changing any Unactivated MAK Keys to KMS Keys. --------------------------------------- If You Have Starter Subscription It Will Now Use Permanently Activated Key. --------------------------------------- Converting Unactivated, Trial, Or Subscription Retail Versions of Office to VL. --------------------------------------- Removing Any Unactivated Retail Keys Left Installed After Conversion To VL. --------------------------------------- Getting Office License Configuration Information. --------------------------------------- Attempting To Activate Office 2010 KMS Products. Attempting To Activate Professional Plus. Failed To Activate 10 Times. --------------------------------------- Changed PID to: --------------------------------------- Attempting To Activate Office 2010 KMS Products. Attempting To Activate Professional Plus. Successfully activated after 2 attempts. --------------------------------------- Office 2010 was succesfully activated. --------------------------------------- The AutoKMS Log shows this (after restart) ------------------------------------ AutoKMS Ran At 8/23/2011 8:13:06 PM. Started KMSEmulator Attempting To Activate Office 2010. Successfully Set Office KMS Host To 127.0.0.1 Successfully Set Office KMS Port To 1688 Set KMS PID To: 55041-00168-305-190595-03-1033-3790.0000-2692009 Attempting To Activate Office 2010 KMS Products. Attempting To Activate Professional Plus. Failed To Activate 10 Times. Stopped KMSEmulator.
Note how EZ-Activator has to set PID to blank to work, but the AutoKMS log shows it as the 55041. That is the problem. Uninstall AutoKMS (it's probably an older version), check settings and make sure the Office KMS PID there is set to blank (as in nothing, not the word), save settings, then install AutoKMS and try AutoKMS again.
The possibility of your AutoKMS being old tells me it may be a good idea to start including the version in the log...
To be honest I wish MS would make it impossible to convert. There is a lot of complexity in keeping the code and stuff for all versions, and it is a lot of extra stuff. Not having to take account of conversions would radically simplify things and reduce size. If MS wanted to detect a conversion it is stupid simple. Notice that when you do a license repair I know what is really installed? I simply check the Uninstall reg key to see if things are Office14.ProPlus or ProPlusR. The extra R means retail and if office is KMS activated it is converted. Conversion also doesn't work on C2R so that can be confusing. You can also look at the MSI codes in MSOCache and multiple places in the registry. If MS really cared they could OGA flag all that, though to get technical it would hardly help. Just install VL real version if that happens. This is why I always recommend VL install. Most retail need keys I don't have, and I had removed all retail keys to discourage this but found it just left people who needed a license repair up the creek without a paddle. So I support conversion, but probably never C2R. I can think of a theoretical way to convert a C2R app. The fault is the Registration key. A C2R'd office has none and won't look in the registry for it (the right entries under here is what allow office to use KMS on Retail. Given word is the same Retail or VL basically it just reads registration for what license to use. Those licenses also dictate behavior, like why you can't phone activate KMS and VL doesn't cripple itself in notifications). I haven't tried or care to currently, but C2R is just App-V, and I saw by googling a way to execute cmd inside the virtual setup, EX: Virtual Registry. If this virtual registry has a Registration key that is used by C2R office, I could edit it there simply by running my regedit commands inside the virtual store (I store in .reg files and import via cmd Regedit).
Here's screenshot of Office Toolkit 2.2.3 I assume you mean to edit the "settings.ini" that's in the same folder as "Office 2010 Toolkit.exe" and remove all of the bolded text below (before running it again). [SettingsID] ID=2.2.1 [Global] KMSServer=127.0.0.1 KMSPort=1688 KMSPIDOffice= KMSPIDWindows=55041-00168-305-190595-03-1033-3790.0000-2692009 ActAttempts=10 UseKMSEmulator=True AutoRemoveKMSHost=False VerboseCheckActivation=False ShowCMID=False [AutoKMS] Logging=True ActivateOffice=True ActivateWindows=True [AutoRearm] Retail2VL=True Logging=True [EZ-Activator] PIDAttempts=10 CMIDAttempts=10 InstallAutoKMS=True Retail2VL=True MAK2KMS=True StarterSub2Bypass=True RemoveRetailKeys=True ChangePID=True AutoLicRepairAll=True ChangeCMID=True AutoMakeRestoreBackup=True [Paths] AutoKMS=C:\Windows\AutoKMS AutoRearm=C:\Windows\AutoRearm By the way, if I hadn't said this before, thank you for the help! LDN
No I meant change settings via the built in settings button, but note that your Office one is blank. Did you reinstall AutoKMS and try again? An older toolkit had a AutoKMS bug where AutoKMS resets it's INI (which it has separate from OTK but OTK will change/update it if it is installed, and on install create based on OTK's settings.) Because it resets INI, it uses the default PID which you have seen, and your office just doesn't like that PID, but likes a blank one just fine. So hit uninstall for AutoKMS, then install, then run AutoKMS and check the log.
Thank you for the clarification......I uninstalled AutoKMS....I blanked out the PID...ran the install of AutoKMS again and I think that took care of it (the first log is right after the uninstall/reinstall and the other log is after a computer restart) ------------------------------------ AutoKMS Ran At 8/23/2011 8:55:04 PM. Started KMSEmulator Attempting To Activate Office 2010. Successfully Set Office KMS Host To 127.0.0.1 Successfully Set Office KMS Port To 1688 Set KMS PID To: NULL Attempting To Activate Office 2010 KMS Products. Attempting To Activate Professional Plus. Successfully activated after 1 attempts. Stopped KMSEmulator. ------------------------------------ AutoKMS Ran At 8/23/2011 8:57:15 PM. Started KMSEmulator Attempting To Activate Office 2010. Successfully Set Office KMS Host To 127.0.0.1 Successfully Set Office KMS Port To 1688 Set KMS PID To: NULL Attempting To Activate Office 2010 KMS Products. Attempting To Activate Professional Plus. Successfully activated after 3 attempts. Stopped KMSEmulator. Thank you for taking the time to help......I really appreciate it! LDN