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<h1 align="center">VLMCSD</h1>
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<h2>NAME
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">vlmcsd - a
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guide to KMS activation using vlmcsd</p>
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<h2>SYNOPSIS
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<a name="SYNOPSIS"></a>
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</h2>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>vlmcsd</b> [
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<i>options</i> ]</p>
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<h2>DESCRIPTION
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<a name="DESCRIPTION"></a>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">This manual
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describes the concepts of Microsoft KMS activation using
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<b>vlmcsd</b>. For detailed usage of <b>vlmcsd</b> see
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<b>vlmcsd</b>(8).</p>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>What is
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KMS?</b> <br>
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KMS is a way to activate Microsoft products that was
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designed for medium and large businesses. In a standard SOHO
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environment you enter a product key during installation and
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then activate your product over the Internet. This is done
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by sending a request to a server at microsoft.com which then
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either grants or refuses activation.</p>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">By entering a
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special key called General Volume License Key (<b>GVLK</b>),
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a.k.a "KMS client key", the product no longer asks
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the Microsoft server for activation but a user-defined
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server (called the KMS server) which usually resides in a
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company’s intranet. <b>vlmcsd</b> is an independent
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open source implementation of a KMS server that is available
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for everyone while Microsoft gives their KMS server only to
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corporations that signed a so called "Select
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contract". In addition <b>vlmcsd</b> never refuses
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activation while the Microsoft KMS server only activates the
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products the customer has paid for.</p>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Product
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activation using <b>vlmcsd</b> is performed in three easy
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steps:</p>
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<table width="100%" border="0" rules="none" frame="void"
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cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
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<tr valign="top" align="left">
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<td width="3%">
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<p>1)</p></td>
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<td width="1%"></td>
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<td width="85%">
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<p>Run <b>vlmcsd</b> (or any other KMS emulator) on a
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computer in your network. This will be your KMS server. New
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users should simply run the program without any parameters.
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The defaults should fit the needs of most users.</p></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top" align="left">
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<p>2)</p></td>
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<td width="85%">
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<p>Install your product and enter the GVLK when you are
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asked for a key</p></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top" align="left">
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<td width="11%"></td>
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<td width="3%">
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<p>3)</p></td>
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<td width="1%"></td>
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<td width="85%">
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<p>Configure your client (the machine where you installed
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your product) to use your KMS server.</p></td></tr>
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</table>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">However, when
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it comes to the details, some things turn out to be more
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difficult than you might think.</p>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The most
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important thing to know is that KMS activation is not
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permanent. The computer remains activated for 180 days (30
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or 45 days with consumer-only products). KMS activation
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however is not an evaluation license. You can repeat the
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activation anytime and as often as you like to extend
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activation to another 180 days. This normally happens
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automatically. For this to work, you have to ensure that a
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KMS server is always reachable for the clients on your
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network.</p>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Beginning with
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Windows 8.1 the KMS server must be a different computer than
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the client. You cannot use <b>vlmcsd</b> on the same
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computer where you want to activate a product. If you have
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only one computer, you can run <b>vlmcsd</b> in a virtual
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machine. <b>vlmcsd</b> is also designed to run on
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"always-on devices", for example a router. The
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router becomes your KMS server then.</p>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>How to get a
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GVLK?</b> <br>
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That is relatively simple. The GVLKs are published on
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Microsoft’s Technet web site.</p>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Windows:
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj612867.aspx
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<br>
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Office 2010:
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624355(v=office.14).aspx#section2_3
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<br>
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Office 2013:
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn385360.aspx</p>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">These lists
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only include products that Microsoft sells to corporations
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via volume license contracts. For Windows there are
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inofficial GVLKs that work with consumer-only versions of
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Windows. Here is a list:</p>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">TX9XD-98N7V-6WMQ6-BX7FG-H8Q99
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- Windows 10 Home <br>
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3KHY7-WNT83-DGQKR-F7HPR-844BM - Windows 10 Home N <br>
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7HNRX-D7KGG-3K4RQ-4WPJ4-YTDFH - Windows 10 Home Single
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Language <br>
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PVMJN-6DFY6-9CCP6-7BKTT-D3WVR - Windows 10 Home Country
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Specific <br>
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789NJ-TQK6T-6XTH8-J39CJ-J8D3P - Windows 8.1 Professional
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with Media Center <br>
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M9Q9P-WNJJT-6PXPY-DWX8H-6XWKK - Windows 8.1 Core <br>
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7B9N3-D94CG-YTVHR-QBPX3-RJP64 - Windows 8.1 Core N <br>
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BB6NG-PQ82V-VRDPW-8XVD2-V8P66 - Windows 8.1 Core Single
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Language <br>
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NCTT7-2RGK8-WMHRF-RY7YQ-JTXG3 - Windows 8.1 Core Country
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Specific <br>
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GNBB8-YVD74-QJHX6-27H4K-8QHDG - Windows 8 Professional with
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Media Center <br>
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BN3D2-R7TKB-3YPBD-8DRP2-27GG4 - Windows 8 Core <br>
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8N2M2-HWPGY-7PGT9-HGDD8-GVGGY - Windows 8 Core N <br>
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2WN2H-YGCQR-KFX6K-CD6TF-84YXQ - Windows 8 Core Single
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Language <br>
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4K36P-JN4VD-GDC6V-KDT89-DYFKP - Windows 8 Core Country
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Specific</p>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The above keys
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require activation renewal every 45 days (Win 8.1) or 30
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days (Win 8). All GVLKs from the Microsoft Technet web site
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require renewal every 180 days.</p>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>What are
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SLMGR and OSPP and how to use them?</b> <br>
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You will need these utilities later. So please continue
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reading this section.</p>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">These are two
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Visual Basic script utilities that are used to control
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Microsoft’s Software Protection system. To use them
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open a Windows Command Prompt. slmgr.vbs is for Windows.
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ospp.vbs is for Office 2010 and 2013. These utilities are
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installed with Windows and Office and you don’t need
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to download them.</p>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">slmgr.vbs
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resides in the system32 directory. So you just have to type
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"slmgr" in the Windows Command prompt to use it.
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To use ospp.vbs you’ll have to change the current
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directory to your Office installation. This is usually
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something like
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"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14".
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You may type "slmgr" or "cscript
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ospp.vbs" without parameters to see help for these
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commands but this produces some rather confusing output for
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newbies.</p>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>How to get
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the GVLK into the product?</b> <br>
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Normally every product asks you to enter a key during
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installation. At this time simply enter the GVLK. If you
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skipped this step or entered some other key which later
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turned out to be non-working, you can use
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"slmgr /ipk <i>GVLK</i>" (Windows) or
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"cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:<i>GVLK</i>"
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(Office) at any time. <b><br>
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Examples</b></p>
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<p style="margin-left:22%;">slmgr /ipk
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GCRJD-8NW9H-F2CDX-CCM8D-9D6T9 <br>
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cscript
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ospp.vbs /inpkey:YC7DK-G2NP3-2QQC3-J6H88-GVGXT</p>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Why
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doesn’t Office accpet a GVLK?</b> <br>
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You’ll have to install a volume license (VL) version
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of Office. Office versions downloaded from MSDN and/or
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Technet are non-VL.</p>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>How to
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configure a client to use a KMS server?</b> <br>
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After you have installed a GVLK you can set your product to
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use your KMS server. <b>vlmcsd</b> or another KMS server
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must already be running on your server machine. <b><br>
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Windows</b></p>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Type
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"slmgr /skms <i>kms-server</i>[:<i>tcp-port</i>]".
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Example: "slmgr /skms 192.168.1.17:1688"
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<b><br>
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Office</b></p>
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<p>1)</p></td>
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<p>Type "cscript
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ospp.vbs /sethst:<i>kms-server</i>". Example
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"cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:192.168.1.17"</p></td></tr>
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<p>Type "cscript
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ospp.vbs /setprt:<i>tcp-port</i>". Example:
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cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1688</p></td></tr>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><i>tcp-port</i>
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is usually 1688 unless you instructed <b>vlmcsd</b> to use a
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different port which is rarely necessary.</p>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>How to
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activate my product?</b> <br>
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If you have installed a product with GVLK and pointed it to
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working KMS server like <b>vlmcsd</b>, activation occurs
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automatically. This may take a while. <br>
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You may type</p>
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<p style="margin-left:22%;">slmgr /ato <br>
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-or- <br>
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cscript ospp.vbs /act</p>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">at any time to
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speed up that process. You may repeat these commands later
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to extend your activation for another 180 (45) days.</p>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Does vlmcsd
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work correctly?</b> <br>
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If something does not work, it may have the cause that
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vlmcsd does not work correctly although this is unlikely.
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You can test this with the KMS client <b>vlmcs</b>(1). First
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type "vlmcs" on the same machine where you started
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<b>vlmcsd</b>. If things are ok, you should see something
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like this:</p>
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<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em">Connecting to
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127.0.0.1:1688 ... successful <br>
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Sending activation request (KMS V4) 1 of 1 ->
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06401-00206-296-206344-03-5179-9600.0000-3432013</p>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">If anything
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goes wrong, you’ll see an error message. Next try
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"vlmcs <i>kms-server</i>" from another machine
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where <i>kms-server</i> is the hostname or IP address of
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your KMS server. If that fails while it works locally,
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you’ll most likely have to configure your firewall
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that it accepts incoming connections on TCP port 1688.</p>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Is there an
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easier way than using OSPP and SLMGR?</b> <br>
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Yes and no. KMS activation was designed for large
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corporations. Thus Microsoft designed KMS in a way that
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corporations can configure their network infrastructure to
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fully automate KMS activation. Since this involves DHCP and
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DNS, it is not that easy to accomplish that for home users.
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However, if you are using an open source router firmware
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like OpenWRT or DD-WRT, it is easy to customize DHCP and
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DNS.</p>
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<p>Configure DHCP that it assigns a DNS domain name to your
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clients (if it doesn’t already), e.g.
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my-home-net.local</p> </td></tr>
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<p>Create zone my-home-net.local in your DNS server (if it
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doesn’t exist already).</p></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top" align="left">
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<td width="11%"></td>
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<p>Add the following records to your DNS</p></td></tr>
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<p style="margin-left:15%; margin-top: 1em">_vlmcs._tcp.my-home-net.local.
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10800 IN SRV 100 100 kms1.my-home-net.local. <br>
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kms1.my-home-net.local. 10800 IN A 192.168.1.17</p>
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<p style="margin-left:15%; margin-top: 1em">Replace
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192.168.1.17 with the IP address of your KMS server. If you
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don’t like a cache time of 10800 seconds (3 hours),
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replace it with another number.</p>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">This causes
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that clients will find the KMS server automatically.</p>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">This manual
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<h2>SEE ALSO
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>vlmcsd</b>(8),
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<b>vlmcs</b>(1)</p>
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