So, question about KMS activation, as it relates to Windows 7. We already have a KMS server which activates Windows 2008R2 servers. Works great. So, I want to have a few Windows 7 machines I am ...

KMS settings stored in the registry can cause Office to default to attempting KMS activation, even if you intend to use a MAK (Multiple Activation Key). We need to check for KMS Traces in Office ...

On January 8th, 2019, Windows 7 machines that were activated through Key Management Service (KMS) started receiving a "Windows is not genuine" notification indicating that the Windows license was not ...

MAK keys are used to activate a specific number of devices. The count is pre-configured as a deal between Microsoft and Enterprise. Every time a device is activated using MAK this is what happens: The ...

So, I have a KMS host for my domain. When I set it up, it apparently did not create the SRV records, so I did it manually: To manually create a KMS SRV record in a Microsoft DNS server 1. On the DNS ...

This week Microsoft made a couple of big Windows announcements. First, the company confirmed that Windows 11 is becoming an agentic OS leading to a massive backlash. The company also ended support for ...

A typosquatted domain impersonating the Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS) tool was used to distribute malicious PowerShell ...