murphy, I did just like you said, W8 are activated, and this in turn to the 05th Juny 2013 again. What happens after that date? Any chance to remove WMC and still using with KMSServerService 1.4 with key *****-*****-*****-*****-J8CK4 which I have before? Is that possible?
As said KMS activation for Core and ProWMC version lasts 30 days, simply reactivate regularly to avoid running out of activation. In case it runs out of, it will only promt you for activation. Activate again and all will be fine .
If during upgrade windows failed to re-activate then it will not show expiration date, regular prompts will be for activation....
It's not that simple. The upgrade process changes windows features. TBH I haven't ever actually done some of the downgrade methods. Just a guess, but I'd say a proper downgrade would require setting the version back to Professional from ProfessionalWMC, disabling the Media Center feature, then changing the key and re-activating... Like I said tho, I haven't tried it... You should try searching around a bit more, I'm sure people have done it before...
Yes you are right its same old trick to downgrade windows 7. I tried this method & worked well. But still prefer clean install as suggested by s1ave77.... @Tito Could be good point to add in to your post....
Code: KMS-Client.exe 1688 whwebsolution.no-ip.org /V /L=Windows8 KMS Client Emulator running... Request Parameters ================== Protocol version : 5.0 Client is a virtual machine : No Current client license status : 2 (OOB grace) Remaining time (0 = forever) : 43200 minutes Application ID : 55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f Client SKU ID : 458e1bec-837a-45f6-b9d5-925ed5d299de Server SKU ID : 3c40b358-5948-45af-923b-53d21fcc7e79 Client machine ID : 85568f8c-424a-4604-be3c-db6a1155261c Time stamp (UTC) : 2013-05-10 10:41:24 PM Workstation name : OZRPOC88NAKX Minimum required clients : 25 Activation request (KMS V5) 1 of 1 sent. Response from KMS server ======================== Protocol version : 5.0 KMS host extended PID : 05426-00206-152-252649-03-1049-9200.0000-3192012 Client machine ID : 85568f8c-424a-4604-be3c-db6a1155261c Time stamp (UTC) : 2013-05-10 10:41:24 PM KMS host current active clients : 50 Activation renewal interval : 10080 Activation retry interval : 120 It's up.
How can i re-activate to get another 180 days? My activation runs out in a month. I originally used "Activation Helper" to activate, but when i run it again it says its successful but i still have a month left. So what else should i use?
Just look one post above yours 1. Open elevated command prompt 2. Enter: slmgr /skms whwebsolution.no-ip.org:1688 3. Enter: slmgr /ato And you're done
Thanks but says the service couldn't be contacted. Although i think it's changed my key... Would it be easier to just use the Microsoft Toolkit/AutoKMS? What key should i use with it?