Windows 8 KMS Activation

Lets get this straight. I haven't downloaded it as I have no intention of using Windows 8, nor did I upload it, write it or have anything to do with it. I think that's about as obvious as I can make it.

 

Ok, so mine was originally activated on the 1^st of Nov and after a reinstall in December, restored activation through ATM. As you'd expect, it still said - "Activated on 1^st Nov". Now a few days back, I noticed that slui says "Activated on 22^nd Jan '13" without anything on my part

So can anybody hazard a guess as to what might have happened? Does it install a service/task that periodically checks for legit activation status? I couldn't find any either in services.msc or the Task Scheduler Library > Windows Activation Technologies.

EDIT: Win8 Pro WMC activated firstly through KMS (Pro) and then upgraded to WMC with MS E-Mailed key

 

That is pretty strange bro. Have you tried re-restoring it? Like as an experiment... to see if it does that again.
If it does do that again, MS may be playing big brother here...

 

this is a most useful contribution on this thread. Save your energy for other comments which the community can learn from

 

Umm ... hell no I'm not jeopardizing my activation "for the sake of science"

EDIT: Any idea as to where I can check the logs to get a pointer maybe?

 

So very easy to restore 100% if the other method does not work...
1. I used Acronis 2013 to make a full image....
2. I use A Token backup and restore program to make a Token Restore Backup....
3. used Script to remove key....
4. popup lower right corner says Activation needed....
5. Media Center failed...
6. restored using Token backup-restore program....
7. popup gone,
8. reboot Activation intact
9. WMC intact and working ....
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rebooted back to Win 8 Enterprise ... dual boot system ....

 

lol i had the exact same thing happen to me...

 

As in what happened to me? Change in activation date without any tampering on your part?

 

Activation is just 2 files in the store directory, tokens.dat and data.dat
Explorer.exe checks those 2 files every so often and will null your activation if they do not match your hardware.

I think that using the data.dat from the kms activated data.dat bypass might be the cause of the re-activation attempt.
It's kinda like a frankenstien activation. It's not supposed to have the data.dat from kms activation with a tokens.dat from retail activation.
I'm not sure at all, but that's my hunch.

The reason I say this is because supposedly about 30 days after activating on most kms online servers, it will try to re-activate.
That's not the default setting, the default is 7 days, but I've read in a few places that most use 30 day re-activation.

Make sure to back up your activation with the Advanced Tokens Manager from the mdl projects page.
It just copies the 2 activation files and the product key into a backup directory, but it automates the restore by shutting off net and killing any sppsvc before copying them over.

 

One question, please!

I activate W8 with KMS Nano. If I want permanent activation, did I must hit Trigger.exe or trigger.cmd like admin?

 

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No, I want activate W8 with trigger every 6 months. That's why I ask about hit Trigger.exe or trigger.cmd like admin... slave 77, I saw now, thank you.

 

For further questions regarding this topic, you should post them in sticky thread, see first link in my signature .

 

maybe a lot of smoke was around to overlook the appropriate thread

 

Maybe i named it a slight bit too technically/nerdy/geeky .

 

yep..not complaining though.

 

Actually, I had mine permanently activated via the MS E-Mailed WMC promo key after a 180 day KMS activation. That is what I had backed up via ATM and restored after a re-install. Anyways, still works perfectly, but I wish somebody could throw some light on the reason as to why suddenly, it says activated on Jan 22^nd instead of the original Nov 1^st

 

As i inderstood Daz correctly due to WAT is build in Windows 8 and performs checks regularly this could be the reason for the new date. Would say, enjoy it still beeing activated.

 

That's precisely the reason - I read somewhere that Windows tries to re-up its activation every month or so,so as long as the kms activation is up and running, the activation period should fall under 150 or so days

 

I know this has been asked before but I have not been able to find an up to date list of this lately. Can someone provide a list of working KMS servers both active all the time and active off and on? I am starting work on something and need an up to date list of these servers. Thanks in advance and Long Live MDL Forums