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Re: VL2.0 KMS - has been installed on my workstation for some reason!
"Matthew M (UK)" <mattee76@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:1A17C351-AF91-411F-ACE1-05B741C1ABF7@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have read that if i use a KMS key and activate with that the KMS service
> is automatically installed and started. I have since removed that key
> using "slmgr.vbs -upk". I then activated using the MAK. Once we have 20
> vista machines online i will do the following to allow business edition to
> register with the KMS which i setup...
>
> Cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ipk %key% (key is
> vistamedia\sources\pid.txt)
> Cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ato
>
> Matthew
>
>
Mathew,
You install the KMS with its key - this allows the KMS to install and start.
You then need to give the KMS the VL key for the number of activation you
bought for Vista , to actually activate the Vista clients.
HOWEVER it will not actually activate ANY clients until there are 25 online
and waiting for activation (this is called the n-count and is covered in the
Activation 2.0 whitepapers at Microsoft.com which hopefully you have read).
I am also slightly confused about what you re actually trying to do as the
scripts you mention above are for running on a Vista client to change the
product key and activate - so this has nothing to do with KMS as the process
you outline is to use a MAK key to insert into a Vista client and then
activate.
These clients will then have nothing to do with your KMS.
KMS and MAK activation are two separate processes and mutually exclusive -
again covered in the white paper.
As an aside - it sounds like you used the wrong key on a client machine -
that would cause the "KMS enabled on this machine message" you mentioned in
your previous post.
The steps should be fairly straight forward.
Build you KMS on a Server 2003 SP1 system.
Activate it with its key and install the key for the number of activations
you are allowed to do as part of your VL with Microsoft
The KMS is then activate and waiting for its n-count to reach 25
Install your Vista business clients - you do not supply a product key - but
install your appropriate licensed product (Business or Enterprise etc).
Once installed they will activate with the KMS once 25 of them are on the
wire and contacting the KMS for activation (this "enables" the KMS)
Those 25 will then be activated and any future system will activate too - up
to the limit of the installed key on the KMS.
If I am still not getting the full picture please post back.
--
Mike Brannigan
"Matthew M (UK)" <mattee76@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:1A17C351-AF91-411F-ACE1-05B741C1ABF7@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have read that if i use a KMS key and activate with that the KMS service
> is automatically installed and started. I have since removed that key
> using "slmgr.vbs -upk". I then activated using the MAK. Once we have 20
> vista machines online i will do the following to allow business edition to
> register with the KMS which i setup...
>
> Cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ipk %key% (key is
> vistamedia\sources\pid.txt)
> Cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ato
>
> Matthew
>
>
>
> "Mike Brannigan" <Mike.Brannigan@localhost> wrote in message
> news:531BF623-2EBD-4726-AE8F-556D3B5DFD1F@microsoft.com...
>> "Matthew M (UK)" <mattee76@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:E2BDFC8A-994A-4589-B47A-0CAFD08541CA@microsoft.com...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> For some reason the VL2.0 KMS has been activated on my vista machine.
>>> Any way to get rid of this? It did not come to my attention until I
>>> installed the KMS onto a 2003 server for proper implementation and found
>>> the resource records in DNS registered from my machine!
>>>
>>> Key Management Service is enabled on this machine
>>> Current count: 5
>>> Listening on Port: 1688
>>> DNS publishing disabled
>>> KMS priority: Normal
>>>
>>>
>>> Matthew
>>
>> Mathew,
>>
>> What do you mean the KMS is running on your Vista machine.
>> The KMS is actually a service you see in Services as Software Platform
>> Protection Services (sppsvc), you are running a KMS only if that service
>> is installed a and activated.
>> Since you actually ran the Server 2003 SP1 package on a Server that is
>> the only place where that service will be running once you have activated
>> the KMS with your Key.
>> The KMS will then enable for activating clients once the n-count reaches
>> 25.
>> Post install it will register the appropriate SRV records.
>>
>> So I am a little confused as to what that leads you to beleiev that your
>> PC is hosting a KMS
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mike Brannigan
>
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