

I assume you mean Control Panel > System and Security > System Properties > Windows Activation > Change Product Key. You say I can use the GUI if I prefer (change product key). I know you are trying to make this as simple as possible to understand, but it is still about as clear as mud. Where do I find the for my KMS host?Īlso there is something called mKMSact.exe I have seen in various (non-Microsoft) forums, but that doesn't seem to be a part of this discussion, yet there are plenty of hits (some of which are malware removal hits) that indicate to remove the KMS host serviceįrom a Windows machine you need to use something called "mKMSact.exe". The advance help output from "slmgr.exe -?" indicates that the -upk option also requires an as a parameter. So after I uninstall the KMS host, do I need to activate my copy of Win2k8r2 EE (re-activate, actually)? Would I just use the GVLK from So obviously I don't want to remove the valid _vlmcs SRV record in the DNS _tcp node (your step 3)! The resulting host thinks it is a KMS server (but we already have one of those, thank In my particular situation, a different sysadmin created a VM for me and apparently used the KMS product key when installing Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition. ) but can't seem to find the relevent uninstall information. , refers to Vista and 2008). I have searched on Technet and find volume activation information for Windows 7 and Win2k8r2 (Here: You canĬan anyone point me to the documentation or help files that document the KMS host uninstall procedure (removing a KMS host) for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2? (The link above, The announcement thread if you have any feedback on this decision or the process. On June 11th, CSS engineers will move any new threads to the So, until July 1st, we will start asking customers to redirect their questions to the After receiving a lot of feedback from the community, it was decided that this forum is a duplicationĪnd therefore redundant of the General Forum. On July 1st we will be making this forum read only. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

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