LKBEN11471: Try to manual activate a Windows version with a KMS server in the network
LKB | Created: 17/12/2020 | Version: 0 | Language: EN | Rating: 0 | Outdated: False | Marked for deletion: False
Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Latest update: 17/12/2020 | Comment:
Symptom
Your system does not activate the Windows license via KMS.
Cause
KMS will sometimes not work. You need some manual activation.
Solution
Try to execute the following.
cscript.exe C:\Windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ato
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>
About the Author
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 in different European countries and different European languages. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform where he is one of the most important contributors and the main developer.