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Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V If you are converting a computer from a KMS host, MAK, or retail edition of Windows to a KMS client, install the applicable setup key (GVLK) from the following tables. Windows Server 2008 Standard without Hyper-V
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Windows Server 2012 Core Country Specific
To install a client setup key, open an administrative command prompt on the client, type slmgr /ipk and press ENTER. After installing the update, you will be able to install and activate your KMS key for Windows 8.1 and (or) Windows Server 2012 R2. If you are converting a computer from a KMS host, MAK, or retail edition of Windows to a KMS client, install the applicable setup key (GVLK) from the following tables
Install these updates on Windows Server 2012 R2: KB3173424 Servicing Stack Update, July 2016 Any Windows Server 2012 R2 cumulative update released after Decem(KB4471320) or newer.
If there’s no key listed for your edition of Windows, then it doesn’t support volume activation.Computers that are running volume licensing editions of Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 are, by default, KMS clients with no additional configuration needed. You can install such a KMS key on Windows Server 2019, 2016, or 2012 R2. And they certainly won’t work if you don’t have access to a KMS activation server/host. These setup keys are not necessary if you’re activating from clean Enterprise or Volume License media in general, and they won’t work if you’re attempting use versions of Windows that do not support volume activation.
Recent Windows clients and servers require generic KMS Client activation keys when activating against volume KMS hosts. Before you an install the Windows Server 2019 KMS host key on Windows Server 2012 R2, the license files need to be updated to support the new keys that were made available with Windows Server 2019.
Installation of KMS on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Server 20 R2 If you want to install the KMS for Windows 8 and Server 2012 on the mentioned systems, you have to install the hotfix 2757817. If you are using MAK keys for single activations then use the command cscript slmgr.vbs -ipk XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX. To verify the KMS activation, type in the following command on the server 'Slmgr /dlv'. If your environment is licensed using a Windows KMS host, you can enter the command cscript slmgr.vbs -ipk W3GGN-FT8W3-Y4M27-J84CP-Q3VJ9 to install the Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter KMS client key on the Hyper-V host. Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2 Generic KMS Client Volume Activation Keys Enter the KMS host key and activate it online or via phone.