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Change Windows from KMS client to Azure AD activation?

Is there a known way to change existing Windows 10/11 devices from KMS client activation to Azure AD Education A3 / A5 or Enterprise E3 / E5 license activation? Apparently when Windows 10/11 devices are being imaged and joined to Azure AD for pure…
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KMS Activation for machine that's rarely on site

We have an employee who is about to change roles. They're moving to another state, and we are accommodating this by letting them switch to a remote position. After the change, the employee will only return onsite a couple times per year, with…
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Change Windows Activation Key as part of OBE (*before* setup is done)

Is there a way to change the activation key in Windows before you start the out of box experience (setup) on machines w/windows pre-installed? For example, say you purchase a laptop with Home preinstalled, but you have a Pro key, anyone know how to…
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Activation with KMS with other domain not working

On standalone computers for which I want to activate the Windows 2016 and 2019 license I have set the KMS domain with: slmgr.vbs -skms-domain DomainFQDN When I type, on the computer which I want to activate, the following command line, it returns…
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How do I change the product key for Windows Server 2003 R2?

I have installed Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition (x86) onto a machine and activated it using the wrong product key. Is there a procedure to reenter and reactivate Windows with the correct key that does not involve reinstalling the OS?
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Windows Server 2012 r2 Datacenter activation issue

I have a licencing problem on Win server 2012 R2. I want to activate windows server 2012 R2 Datacenter using MAK(which I have) with standard procedure(my computer->properties->activate windows->enter activation key). When I type activation key,…
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Can't activate volume license Office 2013 installed on retail Windows 7 via KMS

I have a KMS host in my environment running on Windows 7 Enterprise. It is configured to activate all volume licensed editions of Windows and below and Office 2013 and below. It has received the minimum number of activation requests for both Windows…
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How to activate Windows 7 using sysprep unattend.xml?

How can one activate Windows 7 deployed via an image through SysPrep using an unattend.xml file? This is the code I've written so far:
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Broken activation of Windows Server 2012

I inherited non-activated Windows Server 2012 Standard. So I purchased retail version "OEM Win Svr Std 2012 R2 x64 CZ 1pk DVD 2CPU / 2VM" and tried to activate it with product key. With this key, I get an error "This key cannot be validated. Try a…
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Windows server 2012 standard activation fails with 0x80072EE2

I am facing a weird problem trying to activate a virtual server running windows server 2012 standard edition: in the end it ends up with 0x80072EE2 error (which should be a timeout). The key is received as a retail from Microsoft under MPN and it…
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Will a Windows 8 KMS key allow older operating systems to be activated?

To put our Windows 8 KMS key onto our KMS server running Server 2008 R2, it appears that we first need to remove the existing Windows 7/Server 2008 key. Is this the case? If so, do the new Windows 8/Server 2012 KMS Keys still allow older operating…
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Deactivate Win XP SP3

I'm attempting to deactivate a Windows XP SP3 install in order to test configuration scripts. I've tried to modify the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Current Version\WPAEvents\OOBETimer registry key, however after changing the…
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Silently Installing the Windows Genuine Advantage Tool

I need to be able to silently download and install Windows Genuine Advantage. Where can I download it and What is the command line for silent installation? I am surprised it's so hard to find this information. I need to install Microsoft Software…
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Preserving Windows 7 activation data on a corrupt system when the user has lost their reinstall CD

When doing technical support. People don't always have their reinstall CD, that seems reasonable... So I get an ISO of their version and edition from off of MSDN. What files do I need to copy over from their existing installation so that Windows…
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Identify un-activated servers

I've been on a bit of a roll this week and have deployed around 30 fresh installs of Windows Server 2008 R2 using our Datacentre license, inside a VMWare environment. However, what I've gone and forgotten as part of the setup routine is to activate…
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