I wouldn't say that's an Trap! Those 90 days trial isn't bad at all and it's mainly done for to give corporate's the ability to run and check the Enterprise version over a period of 3 month, a time which is needed for to do a real testing in life environment. That private user's will take the advantage of that as well is a normal fact. And it's also a normal fact that most of private users are even not thinking about to read the "Fine Print", they just got the hand on something "legal" and they're happy to "save" some amount of money while getting the product free. After those users are realizing that the is a limited period of use, which could not be changed, they start to complain or name it a Trap or whatsoever. Fact also is, that many private Users even don't know what Microsoft's Enterprise Versions really are! Why? Because of, what I wrote above, be to lazy to read the "Fine Print"! And that not applies for the Enterprise version only, it applies for all versions, may not in that extend as for the corporate versions.
Why weste of time? I think people should not rely on public KMS server while they could easily build very their own one with few clicks thanks to KMS Micro. Hopefully soon we will see full KMS emulator I'm sure people like Cody are working hard on it.
some of the people who are desperately searching for offline method are wasting their time, i think, from a non-developer perspective. who is to say microsoft is able to update windows to block the offline method somehow. So enjoy with the offline KMS and if the offline kms is not blocked the online kms will be available always.
From what i understand, the software doesnt know the difference between online and offline KMS server. The way we do it is to run a server on the machine and then reroute the KMS check back to itself so that it always verifies itself.
i have created a server 2012 datacenter which activates perfectly with internet connection but without internet it says cannot contact kms and gives 0xc004f074 it says --------------------------- Activation Result --------------------------- ---Processing-------------------------- --------------------------------------- Installed product key detected - attempting to activate the following product: SKU ID: b322da9c-a2e2-4058-9e4e-f59a6970bd69 LICENSE NAME: Office 15, OfficeProPlusVL_KMS_Client edition LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 15, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel Last 5 characters of installed product key: GVGXT ERROR CODE: 0xC004F074 ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the product could not be activated. No Key Management Service (KMS) could be contacted. Please see the Application Event Log for additional information. To view the activation event history run: cscript OSPP.VBS /dhistorykms --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- ---Exiting----------------------------- --------------------------- OK --------------------------- is it normal,what is the workaround?i have created in vmware
windows server 2012 dc is running in vm player on win 8 pro vl edition, the server activates windows 8 pro , office 2013 if connected to internet, but when i try it offline it dosent activate , and gives the above error
By offline, he means that it is meant for use on a local network of computers Not for access by computers outside of the network through the internet, i.e. online
win8.chickenkiller.com is open now for activation of windows 8 office 2010 and 2013 (Run in command as a admin) Windows 8 64/32 bit pro and enterprise: slmgr /skms win8.chickenkiller.com slmgr /ato Office 2013 64 bit: cd C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15 cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:win8.chickenkiller.com cscript ospp.vbs /act Office 2013 64 bit: cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15 cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:win8.chickenkiller.com cscript ospp.vbs /act Office 2010 64 bit: cd C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14 cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:win8.chickenkiller.com cscript ospp.vbs /act Office 2010 64 bit: cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14 cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:win8.chickenkiller.com cscript ospp.vbs /act
@ vymrdal " Your mind-reading skills are a big fail" when I read your comments I remember one native anecdote " do you behave always like this ? or you always behave like this ?"
sync your time with internet time and use this kms server slmgr /skms kms.cc.columbia.edu slmgr.vbs -ato