Microsoft Windows
KMS Activation

Key Management Service (KMS) is on line for license activation and functioning properly; no license key required as long as the laptop is on the St. Mary's University network.

The laptop will renew its license on a default 7 day cycle, and must renew within 180 or the laptop will enter what is referred to as Reduced Functionality Mode (RFM). Getting out of RFM requires the laptop to get back to the STMU network. Fac/Staff who travel for more than 180 days at a time should connect to the STMU net over a VPN every so often as long as they are not in RFM. The auto renewal for those who are not in RFM is silent.

Windows Activation

If you experience issues activating automatically, follow the procedure below on your PC, if issues persist contact the helpdesk:

1. - First verify your PC time and date are correct and reboot.

• The KMS activation service will not connect to a PC with a significantly wrong time and date

2. - Start the Command Prompt as Administrator

• Start, All Programs, Accessories, "rightclick" the Command Prompt icon and select Run as Administrator

3. - Select the appropriate generic activation key

• Windows Vista Professional - YFKBB-PQJJV-G996G-VWGXY-2V3X8
• Windows 7 Professional - FJ82H-XT6CR-J8D7P-XQJJ2-GPDD4
• Windows 7 Professional N - MRPKT-YTG23-K7D7T-X2JMM-QY7MG
• Windows 7 Enterprise - 33PXH-7Y6KF-2VJC9-XBBR8-HVTHH
• Windows 7 Enterprise N - YDRBP-3D83W-TY26F-D46B2-XCKRJ
• Windows 7 Enterprise E - C29WB-22CC8-VJ326-GHFJW-H9DH4
• Windows Server 2008 R2 HPC Edition - FKJQ8-TMCVP-FRMR7-4WR42-3JCD7
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter - 74YFP-3QFB3-KQT8W-PMXWJ-7M648
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise - 489J6-VHDMP-X63PK-3K798-CPX3Y
• Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems - GT63C-RJFQ3-4GMB6-BRFB9-CB83V
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard - YC6KT-GKW9T-YTKYR-T4X34-R7VHC
• Windows Web Server 2008 R2 - 6TPJF-RBVHG-WBW2R-86QPH-6RTM4
• Office Professional Plus 2010 - VYBBJ-TRJPB-QFQRF-QFT4D-H3GVB

4. - Copy, Paste and Run each of the lines one at a time in to the Command Prompt

• Set the Activation Key
  
  
  • cscript C:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ipk GENERIC-ACTIVATION-KEY-FROM-ABOVE
  
  
  
• Set the Activation Server
  
  
  • cscript C:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -skms KMS.stmarytx.edu
  
  
  
• Activate
  
  
  • cscript C:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ato
  
  

5. - Verify Activation

• <Windows/Pause>
  On the Dell Latitude D620 "Pause" is found above the F12 key
  or select Start, Control Panel, System
  Near the bottom you should see a message under Windows Activation "Windows is Activated"

Office 2010 Activation

On the domain, Office 2010 activation is usually handled in the background automatically. If the PC is not on the domain you may need to activate manually. Below is the procedure for manually activating Office 2010 through the KMS activation server.

1. - Open an elevated Command Prompt window
Start, All Programs, Accessories, "rightclick" the Command Prompt icon and select "Run as Administrator"

2. - Copy, Paste and Run each of the lines one at a time in to the Command Prompt

• Change to the appropriate directory
  
  
  • CD \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14
  
  
  
• Set the Activation Server
  
  
  • cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:kms.stmarytx.edu
  
  
  
• Activate Office 2010
  
  
  • cscript ospp.vbs /act
  
  

3. - Verify Activation

• Open any Office application to verify the Red bar is gone.