Stating the obvious, but with Daz's loader, online activation of Win7 wouldn't have been a problem. Online checking still validates Daz activated Win 7 as genuine
I've removed the product key with slmgr and the desktop splash with My_WCP_Watermark_Editor. Will Windows expire now without being able to rearm license? If so, where can I find the original key to re-enter?
I guess the recent release of the kms activator has brought out all newbies. Reading thru the other thread shows how lazy some people are. They don't want to learn they just want answers. Asking questions that have been answered many times but just to lazy to read. I will only help someone after they have at least tried to learn. I can tell when someone has not read anything just by the question being asked. Sorry just venting!!!
Sadly that happens most of the time. Sometimes the solution to a question that someone has asked is just a few posts above theirs or on the previous page, but they're too lazy to go back and read and for some reason think it's faster to post the question again. KMS activation is only a temporary solution until a new KMS keygen is released.
@naseap, I know what you mean Thats why I'm heading back to the Server and VM sections theres a big 'No Spoon Feeding' sign on them. @Daz, I agree that server is only a temp fix. But I don't get what their all the moaning is about, 180 days is half a year.
I think MS can invalidate all systems using that KMS address. I may be wrong, but I think it'd be much easier to target than it would if you could activate locally.
It would be very easy for them, first take out that server. Then via WU scan for systems that are pointing at that server and use the /ckms switch. Only question is would activation stop right away or continue till the renew date ?
The question is, would it have been worth their while to block the ZWT PID? Most systems are/were using SLIC based activation, the amount using KMS would have been tiny. Although things will be different this timwe round.
You know, I did the same thing as you... But I'm not going to try any earlier KMS or others tricks.. If get's locked so be it... What I'm about to say is not because Daz is reading this, but because it's just true. Unless Daz or someone with his reputation delivers a tool, there's really no point even trying this tools, they are unreliable, may contain trojans, malware etc... And you may just end with a unbootable Windows and lose data that may be precious to you... Plus the Windows 8 ecosystem is just getting started, most drivers and apps are yet to be adapted to the new way Windows 8 works, not to mention optimizations. Using Windows 8 right now should be just in a testing environment like in a VM or in my case a dedicated testing machine to alpha/beta/rc software. Just because it's RTM doesn't mean all is ready for it... But this is just my opinion and I'm sure most will just ignore and install all crap they find to activate Windows 8. I'm actually expeting getting calls on how to activate Windows 8 and/or that something went horribly wrong...
Daz, Shouldn't there be a sticky on telling people which tools and/or methods they shouldn't use to activate Win8. I know it that it might be a hassle to maintain it, but it might be a good starting point in showing people the way.
I guess that would depend on how they're feeling. Do they let a few people fully use the OS for a while so that they can share their opinions, or do they flip the killswitch. Although I've not checked I would expect Windows 8 to have something along the lines of the WAT update built in so it may already have KMS PID blocking. And I would think the reason they didn't bother previously is because the keygen could easily have the PID changed which makes it kind of pointless to block it. As you said though, a real server could easily be blocked. @ Jachra KMS is obviously preferred and we won't allow the discussion of hacktivation so at the moment theres only 1 solution for people to use, and it's a clean one.
urie: I've activated my 9200 build using slmgr method that someone posted. It activated fine and the watermark is gone
And I just got my first call "Hi ...my name... how are you? I just found on a forum people talking about a crack for Win8, but it seems it's not working anymore, do you know a way?"... Short Answer I gave "No, you'll have to wait just like me"...
I have to say that all hell has broken loose in the activation thread. Reading some of the posts in there is hilarious.