cscript \windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -skms <:port> → To assign a KMS host by using the NETBIOS name of the host, type the following command: cscript \windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -skms <:port> → To revert to automatic discovery on a KMS client, type the following command: cscript \windows\system32\slmgr.vbs –ckms Sep 22, 2016 · Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP on April 8, 2014, and we know that Windows XP won’t even function after the grace period if it can’t activate. If Microsoft took down the activation servers, this would be a problem. May 31, 2012 · PC previously working fine, cleaned up some crap off of it, and removed some users. Now it says it is not genuine and won't allow activation. It is/was an HP w/ Win7 pre-installed. Here is output of Genuine Windows tool: Diagnostic Report (1.9.0027.0):-----Windows Validation Data-->

Oct 24, 2015 · You'll need a Windows 7 Pro or Ultimate, or a Windows 8 Pro key to activate Windows 10 Pro, for example. Some Windows 8 and 8.1 PCs have the OEM key stored in firmware and from build 10565 onwards

May 31, 2012 · PC previously working fine, cleaned up some crap off of it, and removed some users. Now it says it is not genuine and won't allow activation. It is/was an HP w/ Win7 pre-installed. Here is output of Genuine Windows tool: Diagnostic Report (1.9.0027.0):-----Windows Validation Data--> Windows 10 Won't Activate; MS Claims OEM Blocked Product Key ‎08-08-2015 07:02 PM - edited ‎08-08-2015 07:09 PM I decided to reinstall windows 8 to see if I could do the update process again from the beginning but the installer is saying that my product key isn't valid for that either.

Windows OEM key is built in OEM preinstall Windows, which means you don't have to enter any keys to activate Windows if you have MSI original OEM Windows on your machine. But if you have erased the original MSI Windows system, then you will not be able to activate it on other Windows retail version.Please contact below service center if you Mar 11, 2016 · Also, upgrading to Windows 10 first on a KMS activiated computer, it changes it to activate and update online with Microsoft, so the system can't just be used then and there as a Windows 10 computer, the system has to be reimaged with the VLK image to get the KMS back. I’m trying to activate Windows XP Home. I’ve just performed a clean setup, and Windows now won’t let me even log in until I activate. The network card has apparently not yet been configured, so I can’t activate over the ‘net. When I do the phone activation, the “installation ID” I’m supposed to give the Microsoft representative