This way, you will know at least that that your Vista machines are able to find your KMS host. The returned count from your Key Management Service is insufficient. If you try to activate Vista manually on a KMS host which has been contacted by less than 25 KMS clients, you'll get this error message: 0xC004F038 The computer could not be activated. So if you want to test KMS, you can only check the event logs in order to see if your Vista machines try to activate via your KMS host. Now, who has 25 physical computers in the lab just for testing purposes? I really don't understand why Microsoft makes it so difficult for us. You can't test KMS in a virtual environment and you need at least 25 Vista machines.
Unfortunately, I wasn't really able to test it. Use the command slmgr /ipk yourlicensekey to install a license key.Replace yourlicensekey with.
In most cases no additional configuration is necessary. can you tell me how to get rid that bar in MS Office.To activate the KMS host use this command: cscript C:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ato If Windows Vista is the operating system on your computer, its the most important piece of software installed on the machine.To install the KMS key enter this command: cscript C:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ipk.On a Vista machine you have to launch the command prompt with elevated privileges (type "cmd" at the Start Search bar, right click, select "Run as administrator"). If you want to run the KMS host on a Vista machine, you don't need this download.
Download and run the setup if you want to install the KMS on Windows Server 2003.Get a KMS Key from Microsoft Volume Licensing.