Windows 8 KMS Activation

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  1. ferosna

    ferosna MDL Novice

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    Hi.
    Is it safe to activate with one of these Chinese servers? Does we know anything new about informations exchanged during KMS activation?
     
  2. PaulDesmond

    PaulDesmond MDL Magnet

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    first of all, this chinese server is located in a university which means it is offical for all students. When you activate against any server, it is quite well as there only key data are transferred to your machine and simply used for this service. 180 days later you got to do it again. Where is your problem?
     
  3. DJPianz

    DJPianz MDL Novice

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    Hi, I cannot activate with the following command...I'm using Windows 8 Pro 64bit, please help, does the server down, tried with multiple kms server address still cannot activate...with an error 0xC004F074

    slmgr.vbs -ipk XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    slmgr /skms kms.shmtu.edu.cn
    slmgr.vbs -ato

    Thank you
     
  4. PaulDesmond

    PaulDesmond MDL Magnet

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    mask the key asap :eek:
    edit:thank you
    sync your time to your location and try again
     
  5. DJPianz

    DJPianz MDL Novice

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    OK...done...sorry, I thought it was a public key since its in Microsoft site...
     
  6. DJPianz

    DJPianz MDL Novice

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    Thank you...activated...sync my time and do activation in a new command prompt window...thanks again
     
  7. PaulDesmond

    PaulDesmond MDL Magnet

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    you're welcome :D
     
  8. nuhkka

    nuhkka MDL Member

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    quick questions:

    where is this iso from exactly: SW_DVD5_Office_Professional_Plus_2013_W32_English_MLF_X18-55138.ISO - is it a MSDN iso turned to VL ?


    and can you activate that iso on widows 7 with KMS activation like on win8?

    also, why don't the kms servers last that long? is microsoft somehow managing to take down the pirated servers rather quickly?
     
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  9. maddog0266

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    Looking to activate office 2013 VL using Activation helper V1.5
    What server is working that I can put in to use or can I use this. I tried using cscript to change the server but it keeps trying the old server that I had.
    Any help please
     
  10. s1ave77

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    #5790 s1ave77, Jan 16, 2013
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    Did you use any KMS solution which is overriding Host adress with a REG script? Which server is shown with:
    Code:
    cscript "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office15\ospp.vbs" /dstatus 
    If not shure, post output here.
     
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  11. maddog0266

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    #5791 maddog0266, Jan 16, 2013
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    The kms server that it shows is win8kms4.mooo.com
    I did use the reg to change to VL that is here on MDL
     
  12. s1ave77

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    #5792 s1ave77, Jan 16, 2013
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    Does
    Code:
    cscript "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office15\ospp.vbs" /sethst:walkercorps.zapto.org 
    change the adress? The server is online.
     
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  13. Pr3acher

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    #5793 Pr3acher, Jan 16, 2013
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    hey, nop cscript.exe doesn't change anything. It just redirects the output flow of the command to the console instead of a MessageBox
     
  14. maddog0266

    maddog0266 MDL Expert

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    #5794 maddog0266, Jan 16, 2013
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    I have tried that command in CMD with admin but it will not change
    Do I have to use that line you posted with the "" and % to make it work or can I change to the dir where office is.

    How do I take a snap shot of my screen so I can post it.
     
  15. Tito

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    Basically you are right. But unlike slmgr.vbs, you have to use cscript for running ospp.vbs related commands as it can't run without any script engine.
     
  16. s1ave77

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    #5796 s1ave77, Jan 16, 2013
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    I know :D. But the red part does:
    Code:
    cscript "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office15\ospp.vbs" /sethst:walkercorps.zapto.org 
     
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  17. s1ave77

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    You can use both ways. To copy from CMD right click into CMD window and choose "Mark", after marking press ENTER to copy into clipboard.
     
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  18. maddog0266

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    #5798 maddog0266, Jan 16, 2013
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    Tried that and still will not activate. comes back KMS service could not activate. when I check the dhistory it is still set to win84kms.mooo.com
     
  19. maddog0266

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    #5799 maddog0266, Jan 16, 2013
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    Tried that and tried Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.9200]
    (c) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>cscript "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office15\ospp.vbs"
    /sethst:walkercorps.zapto.org
    Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.8
    Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    ---Processing--------------------------
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    Successfully applied setting.
    ---------------------------------------
    ---Exiting-----------------------------

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>cscript "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office15\ospp.vbs"
    /act
    Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.8
    Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    ---Processing--------------------------
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    Installed product key detected - attempting to activate the following product:
    SKU ID: 87d2b5bf-d47b-41fb-af62-71c382f5cc85
    LICENSE NAME: Office 15, OfficeProPlusVL_KMS_Client edition
    LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 15, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
    Last 5 characters of installed product key: GXR9G
    ERROR CODE: 0xC004F074
    ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the product coul
    d not be activated. No Key Management Service (KMS) could be contacted. Please s
    ee the Application Event Log for additional information.
    To view the activation event history run: cscript ospp.vbs /dhistorykms
    ---------------------------------------
    ---------------------------------------
    ---Exiting-----------------------------

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>cscript "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office15\ospp.vbs"
    /act
    Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.8
    Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    ---Processing--------------------------
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    Installed product key detected - attempting to activate the following product:
    SKU ID: 87d2b5bf-d47b-41fb-af62-71c382f5cc85
    LICENSE NAME: Office 15, OfficeProPlusVL_KMS_Client edition
    LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 15, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
    Last 5 characters of installed product key: GXR9G
    ERROR CODE: 0xC004F074
    ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the product coul
    d not be activated. No Key Management Service (KMS) could be contacted. Please s
    ee the Application Event Log for additional information.
    To view the activation event history run: cscript ospp.vbs /dhistorykms
    ---------------------------------------
    ---------------------------------------
    ---Exiting-----------------------------

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>cscript "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office15\ospp.vbs"
    /dstatus
    Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.8
    Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    ---Processing--------------------------
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    SKU ID: 87d2b5bf-d47b-41fb-af62-71c382f5cc85
    LICENSE NAME: Office 15, OfficeProPlusVL_KMS_Client edition
    LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 15, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
    BETA EXPIRATION: 2013-06-30 7:59:59 PM
    LICENSE STATUS: ---NOTIFICATIONS---
    ERROR CODE: 0xC004F056
    ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the product coul
    d not be activated using the Key Management Service (KMS).
    Last 5 characters of installed product key: GXR9G
    Activation Type Configuration: All
    ---------------------------------------
    ---------------------------------------
    ---Exiting-----------------------------

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>
     
  20. maddog0266

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    This is what I get