LKBEN11471: Try to manual activate a Windows version with a KMS server in the network

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LKB | Created: 17/12/2020 | Version: 0 | Language: EN | Rating: 0 | Outdated: False | Marked for deletion: False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.

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