The Software Licensing Service reported that the product could not be activated. No Key Management Service (KMS) could be contacted. Please see the Application Event Log for additional information.
I have just created a Windows VM in Azure, running the Windows Server 2012, December 2012 image from the provided gallery, however, now that it is launched, I cannot get Windows to Activate it fails with the error code 0xC004F074. I've followed a couple of forum threads including Windows Server [...] read more
Given: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise 64-bit, all the latest security updates applied. KMS service set up and running, all the recommended updates applied (to handle possible activation issues for Windows 8 etc) Microsoft Office 2013 Standard deployed on the server mentioned above and on workstations on intranet, volume [...] read more
I have spun up a Windows Server Datacenter 2019 image on Azure. When I go to the Activation screen in Settings, it shows that Windows is not activated. How do I activate Windows? Do I need to buy a server license? I just created a new VM. I log into [...] read more
I have to create a KMS infrastructure in my company: I've read loads of MS docs and how-tos, I've searched the net but I'm still unable to make it work as expected. DNS is configured properly, returning the server name for SRV requests on _vlmcs._tcp. First I tried to install [...] read more
I have a KMS host in my environment running on Windows 7 Enterprise. It is configured to activate all volume licensed editions of Windows and below and Office 2013 and below. It has received the minimum number of activation requests for both Windows and Office and it is working great [...] read more
I am trying to setup NAT gateway on GCE. I've started Debian and used instruction as they are here to configure it as NAT and I've executed commands below... sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 sudo iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o -j MASQUERADE I've started windows server instance with needed tags [...] read more
After almost three years of using a laptop with windows 10 Pro and office 2010 plus, it has recently began a series of "activation error 0xC004F074" saying that ms office is not activated and a countdown of days before activation required. What should I be looking for and where? in [...] read more
My sister has an HP Pavilion Touch 14-N009LA that came with Windows 8. This computer was upgraded to Windows 8.1 once put into service, but since I'm not the owner of this computer I don't know if Windows updates were enabled on this computer, though it does have an antivirus [...] read more
Well, initially I wanted to run my KMS Host on Windows Server 2008 (non R2),but the KMS host version for Office 2013 is incompatible... I finally relented and installed the KMS Host on Windows 7 (my workstation). I've got 6 machines going with Office 2013 right now, 5 are activated [...] read more
I upgraded to Windows 10 Pro a few months ago and now I keep getting the message Windows 10 Pro will expire soon, so I tried to re-activate Windows 10 Pro. But I keep getting error 0xC004F074. I've readed on http://www.thewindowsclub.com/what-happens-when-windows-10-expires that my laptop will restart every 3 hours from [...] read more