Windows 8 KMS Activation

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  1. Nucleus

    Nucleus MDL Guru

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    Just a heads up. Start mentioning that and mods will lock/delete the thread a.s.a.p, they've done it before where ppl mention that method of activation.
     
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  2. s1ave77

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    Please, stop promoting illegal activations in here! They are neither allowed nor wished.
     
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  3. kelorgo

    kelorgo MDL Addicted

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    You need to read the post more carefully. The whole point of the post is that it's a method for skipping the activation of the Pro, and going straight to the "Add Feature" step. So you upgrade to Pro + WMC first, then you add your free key from MS.

    The key to its success is using the "Default retail" ProWMC key (which allows you to upgrade to WMC without being activated), and adding a data.dat file + your private WMC key after the upgrade.
     
  4. s1ave77

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    Checked my mistake, was confused by many threads with nearly equal names.
     
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  5. calguyhunk

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    Ok, so I must be a noob, but explain this to me if someone can. Upgraded from activated Win8 Pro (mooo for 180 days) to Win 8 Pro with WMC with EMailed key from MS and got full activation (legally ?) - presumably from MS servers - 'cuz I had cleared the kms server name as well. o_O

    When something's too good to be true, it always is. I just cannot get my head around this one. What just happened? :confused:
     
  6. s1ave77

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    A little loophole in activation as it seems. Simply enjoy. Backup your activation wit Advanced Tokens Manager. With a Win 8 Pro WMC ISO you should be able to restore later :D. For info check my sig.
     
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  7. Superfly

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  8. Johnny Five

    Johnny Five MDL Novice

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    #4109 Johnny Five, Nov 1, 2012
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    Working KMS servers
    Code:
    144.216.2.69
    kms.cc.columbia.edu
     
  9. s1ave77

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    #4111 s1ave77, Nov 1, 2012
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  10. 100

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    These are both .edu servers, btw. 144.216.2.69 is unkkms.unk.edu. I doubt they're going to last as long as Creighton though. :p
     
  11. damianfox

    damianfox MDL Senior Member

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    LOL yeah thats funny :biggrin:

    I wonder if any of the edu servers are VOLUME_KMS_2012_C channel hosts
     
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  12. 100

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    Office 2013 KMS host will be released on November 6. No reason to spam the servers just yet. :rolleyes:

    Yes, most of them.
     
  13. dreamss

    dreamss MDL Junior Member

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    updated the mooo address :) will readd 147.134. if it comes backup
     
  14. Windows_enthu

    Windows_enthu MDL Novice

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    Wouldn't Microsoft ask them to take down given it's public?
     
  15. Cornmeister

    Cornmeister MDL Member

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    all servers dead atm ?
     
  16. Glavin

    Glavin MDL Novice

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    This one is still working right now
    slmgr -skms 5.102.152.201:1688
    slmgr -ato