If you try to activate Windows 10 on a KMS host running on Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server...
Tired of messing with KMS? Looking for a better way to handle activations? Active Directory Based Activation can make...
Windows couldn’t be activated – Error code 0x800732B – DNS name does not exist
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This post explains how you can manually activate Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 Enterprise and what it means if...
Choose the right volume activation method for Windows 8 and Office 2013 in enterprise environments and how to switch...
Both options to activate Office 2010, KMS and MAK, have their up- and downsides. This article discusses a few...
This article summarizes the most important facts about Office 2010 MAK activation. Among other things, you will learn about...
This article summarizes all important facts about Microsoft Office 2010 KMS activation. Among other things you will learn which...
Office 2010 activation is a new topic that many users and admins face. This article explains how you can...
Windows licensing got more and more and complicated over the years. With Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1, Microsoft...
Almost all the IT news sites covered this great news. I think it was predictable that Microsoft would remove...
It was hard to miss the news about the WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage (?)) outage Microsoft had this weekend....
Thanks to everyone who took part in my KMS (Key Management Service) vs. MAK (Multiple Key Management) survey. 270...
After summarizing all pros and cons for MAK and KMS activation, I am still undecided as to which option...
Microsoft published a paper explaining how to isolate the KMS (Key Management Service) using IPsec. KMS doesn't require any...
Some days ago, I blogged about the pros and cons of KMS (Key Management Service). In this post, I...
Review of VAMT (Volume Activation Management Tool): MAK Independent Activation and MAK Proxy Activation of Vista
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Some days ago, I published the first part of my review of VAMT where I wrote about my experiences...
I have been spending quite some time now figuring out Vista's activation mechanisms, and I think I know all...
Sometime ago, I reported that we were unable to set up our KMS (Key Management Service) under Windows Server...
Last Friday, I blogged about the "Skipream hack" that lets you use Vista without activating it. A commentator here...
You probably know that you can reset the grace period up to three times with the command slmgr -rearm....
