LKBEN11470: Try to manual activate an office version with a KMS server in the network


Symptom

Your system does not activate the office license via KMS.

Cause

KMS will sometimes not work. You need some manual intervention.

Solution

This is a direct try to activate Office 2010 via a KMS server in your network.

cd \Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14

cscript ospp.vbs /act

If this does not work, please check your DNS for the following entry:

_vlmcs._tcp.<yourdomain>

This can be done with the cli of nslookup.

nslookup

set type=srv

_vlmcs._tcp.<yourdomain>

 

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About the Author

Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG

Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.

Latest update: 17.12.2020 | Comment: