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Vista Activation Issue
I had to reimagine a laptop that was running vista business using a KMS
license. Now the computer is saying the hardware was changed (the hard drive was replaced). How do I force the computer to contactthe KMS server and re-activate? Thanks. ed |
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Vista Activation Issue
"Eddie Walker" wrote:
I had to reimagine a laptop that was running vista business using a KMS license. Now the computer is saying the hardware was changed (the hard drive was replaced). How do I force the computer to contactthe KMS server and re-activate? Open an elevated command prompt dialog box; from the command prompt issue the command: SLMGR -ATO If the KMS is active and has had enough recent activation requests, that will do the job. Note: on some Vista systems (including RTM) you may need to ensure that the KMS box is reachable *at boot time* for the activation to succeed using just the command I showed above. If activation fails and you know that KMS is valid and active, find the DNS name of the KMS box and from an elevated prompt issue: SLMGR -SKMS foobar.microsoft.com (with - obviously, I hope - the dummy hostname replaced by that of your KMS). This will tell the Vista box where the KMS can be found; it will no longer query DNS for that information via an SRV record. Wait for the response from SLMGR (the command prompt will appear immediately after entering the command...wait for the Windows dialog box before continuing) Then issue SLMGR -ATO and you should be activated for another 180 days. Joe Morris |
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Vista Activation Issue
"Eddie Walker" wrote:
I had to reimagine a laptop that was running vista business using a KMS license. Now the computer is saying the hardware was changed (the hard drive was replaced). How do I force the computer to contactthe KMS server and re-activate? Open an elevated command prompt dialog box; from the command prompt issue the command: SLMGR -ATO If the KMS is active and has had enough recent activation requests, that will do the job. Note: on some Vista systems (including RTM) you may need to ensure that the KMS box is reachable *at boot time* for the activation to succeed using just the command I showed above. If activation fails and you know that KMS is valid and active, find the DNS name of the KMS box and from an elevated prompt issue: SLMGR -SKMS foobar.microsoft.com (with - obviously, I hope - the dummy hostname replaced by that of your KMS). This will tell the Vista box where the KMS can be found; it will no longer query DNS for that information via an SRV record. Wait for the response from SLMGR (the command prompt will appear immediately after entering the command...wait for the Windows dialog box before continuing) Then issue SLMGR -ATO and you should be activated for another 180 days. Joe Morris |