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Active Directory Based Activation – Way better than KMS

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

This post explains how you can manually activate Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 Enterprise and what it means if...
Volume Activation for Windows 8 and Office 2013

Choose the right volume activation method for Windows 8 and Office 2013 in enterprise environments and how to switch...
How to activate Office 2010? KMS vs. MAK

Both options to activate Office 2010, KMS and MAK, have their up- and downsides. This article discusses a few...
Office 2010 MAK activation essentials

This article summarizes the most important facts about Office 2010 MAK activation. Among other things, you will learn about...
Office 2010 KMS activation essentials

This article summarizes all important facts about Microsoft Office 2010 KMS activation. Among other things you will learn which...
Office 2010 activation – How to rearm Office 2010

Office 2010 activation is a new topic that many users and admins face. This article explains how you can...
Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1 licensing essentials – KMS 1.1 – VAMT 1.1

Windows licensing got more and more and complicated over the years. With Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1, Microsoft...
Reduced Functionality Mode will be removed in Vista SP1

Almost all the IT news sites covered this great news. I think it was predictable that Microsoft would remove...
Microsoft’s WGA blog reacts to outage – Where is the advantage?

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...
Opinion Poll: MAK vs. KMS, which will you use to activate Vista?

After summarizing all pros and cons for MAK and KMS activation, I am still undecided as to which option...
IPSec isolation for the KMS (Key Management Service)?

Microsoft published a paper explaining how to isolate the KMS (Key Management Service) using IPsec. KMS doesn't require any...
MAK vs. KMS: advantages and disadvantages of activating Vista using MAKs

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

Some days ago, I published the first part of my review of VAMT where I wrote about my experiences...
MAK vs. KMS: Pros and Cons of activating Vista using KMS

I have been spending quite some time now figuring out Vista's activation mechanisms, and I think I know all...
It takes one month to increase the number of allowed KMS installations

Sometime ago, I reported that we were unable to set up our KMS (Key Management Service) under Windows Server...
Does the Skiprearm hack really work to extend the Vista activation?

Last Friday, I blogged about the "Skipream hack" that lets you use Vista without activating it. A commentator here...
SkipRearm: Use Vista indefinitely long without activation

You probably know that you can reset the grace period up to three times with the command slmgr -rearm....