KMS stands for Key Management Services by Microsoft. KMS allows volume license customers of Microsoft Products to establish a server to hand out software product keys, thus eliminating the need to hand enter product activation keys each time a new operating system is installed.
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Activate Windows 8 with Server 2008 R2 KMS Host
I have a KMS host running Server 2008 R2 sp1. I have licenses and a KMS host key for Windows 8. I would like to use my existing server to activate these licenses. I've successfully applied the update ...
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Activating MS Office 2013 Standard via KMS running on the same server
Given: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise 64-bit, all the latest security updates applied.
KMS service set up and running, all the recommended updates applied (to handle possible activation ...
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vpn routing - kms windows activation
I need to activate windows through an external KMS server.
my network (roughly):
PCs (win7 machines) --> Windows 2008 with Forefront TMG acting as VPN-Gateway ---> CENTOS IP-Tables Gateway to ...
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Word 2013, KMS not activating, looking for clues
I have ONE office 2013 installation among a little more than half a dozen that is not getting activated by our KMS.
Funny enough it is on my machine which got reinstalled some time ago - "last" of ...
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How often does office 2010 check kms?
How often does Office 2010 check kms when it is activated, and how often when it is in some of the different grace periods?
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KMS Activation count w7 ent
On my KMS host (Windows Server 2008 R2), when i do a slmgr.vbs /dli, I dont see any Current Count fied, i only see this:
Name: Windows Server(R), Server Standard edition
Description: Windows ...
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Will a Windows 8 KMS key allow older operating systems to be activated?
To put our Windows 8 KMS key onto our KMS server running Server 2008 R2, it appears that we first need to remove the existing Windows 7/Server 2008 key.
Is this the case? If so, do the new Windows ...
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Can a Server 2003 KMS be exteneded to support Windows 8 and Server 2012?
When trying to activate Windows 8 on our Server 2003 KMS I get the message:
"Error: 0xC004F050 The Software Licensing Service reported that the product key is invalid"
After doing some basic ...
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KMS host setup: Windows 8 and Server 2012 support
As our client computer team is in the process of creating some Windows 8 images I have been charged with the setup of the KMS host to support this OS. I do currently run a 2003 KMS host that serves ...
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MAK - Activation via WDS - Error code: 0xc004f038
I'm setting up a WDS server in a domain where it's said that MAK is being used for activation of the Windows 7 clients.
Now, I'm getting this error 0xc004f038 which seems to be related to KMS and ...
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Is it possible to setup a Windows 2008 R2 KMS server for windows 7 Licensing only? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can you help me with my software licensing question?
The question is in the Title, I had the impression that you needed a Windows 2008 R2 KMS key to setup the KMS host, ...
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KMS - all clients remain in “Initial Grace Period”
I've set up KMS on a Server 2008 R2 Datacenter machine and all looks pretty good. The proper DNS entry got added and Windows 7 clients are listed on the server. They have all stayed in the "Initial ...
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How does KMS (Windows Server 2008 R2) differentiate clients?
I have recently installed a KMS Server in our domain and deployed 75 new Windows 7 machines using an image I made using Acronis True Image. There are 2 variations of this image rolled out currently.
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Installing KMS on a DC… good idea or bad?
What are your thoughts on installing a KMS server on a DC? Any drawbacks?
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KMS - What clients are licensed?
We have been running KMS for a while now and I am curious what clients are currently using this licensing method. I can easily pull the event logs from the server and comma delimited parse them in ...
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KMS is rejecting my license keys
I'm trying to activate a Windows 7 Professional laptop, and I have a Windows Server 2008 on which I've activated KMS:
cscript slmgr.vbs /ipk {My_KMS_Key}
My_KMS_Key is the key from the licensing ...
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How do I set up Windows 7 computers in a phased approach using a KMS key?
I am a network administrator at my place of employment and we are getting ready for deploying Windows 7 Enterprise and Office 2010 Professional Plus in our organization. We are wanting to use a KMS ...
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Office 2010 KMS question
I have deployed a KMS server in our environment which does different versions of Windows but also Office 2010. Regarding office 2010 and its expiration, what is the max time?
For Windows clients it ...
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Activating Windows 7: KMS vs. MAK
What are the differences (and maybe pros and cons) of KMS and MAK license activation for Windows 7?
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KMS / Office 2010… please point to documentation
Trying to find out how to "modify" KMS to also accept the Office 2010 KMS key. Can anyone point me to some document about this?
Basically - do I have to install an update to KMS? I wand my KMS server ...
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Can you configure multiple KMS hosts in a primary / secondary relationship?
We have two datacenters in our environment: primary and DR. I need to deploy a KMS service, and to be proactive, I would like to have a host in both datacenters. From what I have read, you can have ...
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Windows 7 activation problems using KMS
I have set up a KMS server on a 2003 server with the lastest update to KMS for windows 7 and 2008 R2 support.
I have registered the win 7 enterprise kms key on the kms server.
When the clients try to ...
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About to setup KMS server for Volume activation
I have searched and searched for any hints of how i should setup our KMS server for our coming installations of 2008(r2) servers and win7 clients. No luck, so here I am.
We've got around 20 ...
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Why won't my Windows 7 KMS key work on my Server 2008 KMS server?
Our Microsoft volume licensing site was recently updated to include our Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 KMS keys. We have an existing KMS server running on Server 2008 (not R2). In an attempt to be ...
