(Re)Activação do Windows por telefone


Hoje experimentei a reactivação do Windows por telefone.  Tinha aqui uma licença do Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise usada num PC instalado, contudo formatei o disco e capuff… já não me deixava activar porque já tinha excedido o limite.

Andei e andei… até que decidi o suporte telefónico. A esta hora é mentira claro… e acabei por dar por mim a meter números num IVR, após ter seguido um belo de um manual que encontrei.

Ora segui este belo tutorial que encontrei na technet e não é que isto funcionou ? Maravilhoso…. tal como habitual fica aqui nas minhas cábulas este precioso achado.

Não tinha grande fé, dado que por experiências que ouvi seria necessário a Microsoft fornecer uma nova licença e invalidar esta, mas a verdade é que o OS ficou activo, e bem.

EDIT: Antes que surjam as habituais perguntas, ou pedidos de “treta”, relembro que para fazer isto é necessário terem uma CHAVE/LICENÇA VÁLIDA. E não… não peçam chaves ou cracks ou qualquer coisa nos comentários senão serão apagados.

How To: Activate Windows Server 2008 Core Edition with MAK key over the phone

Hello my name is Scott McArthur and I am a Senior Support Escalation Engineer in the Windows group. Today we are going to discuss the steps to activate Windows Server 2008 Core edition using a MAK key via the phone. It is much easier to activate via the Internet but for those computers that do not have access to the Internet (for example a Hyper-V virtual machine) you can use the phone. If you have more than one machine to activate you may want to look at the Volume Activation Management Tool 1.1. This supports batch activation for computers not connected to the Internet. This is very useful for isolated lab scenarios.

The steps in this blog are specific to core edition and a MAK Key but the same general steps could be applied to the non-core edition and other types of keys. In order to activate with a MAK key you must install using volume license media. By default volume license media will look for a KMS host to activate and do not require a key to install. If you are prompted during setup for a key then you are not installing from volume license media.

After Windows Server 2008 Core Edition is installed do the following at a cmd prompt

1. Install your MAK key using slmgr.vbs

slmgr.vbs -ipk XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Where XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX is your 5×5 MAK key supplied by Microsoft

You should receive the following confirmation:

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2. View your Installation ID

slmgr.vbs -dti

Note: the –DTI option only shows up when you have installed a MAK or Retail key.

You will get the following dialogue box that has your Installation ID

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Tip: The Installation ID is a 9×6 number. An easy way to split it up so it is easier to read back to the phone activation system is to hit CTRL-C to copy the contents of the dialogue box and paste into notepad. In notepad it will be broken out into the 9×6 groups and easier to read. For example

—————————
Windows Script Host
—————————
Installation ID: XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX

 

3. Determine the phone number for your region:

notepad %systemroot%\system32\slui\phone.inf

For example here is the line for USA

USA,,,%United_States%,1-866-740-1256,%not_available%,%not_available%

4. Call the number for your region and you will be prompted for the Installation ID, Groups 1 through 9

Tip: You can press 2 on the keypad to proceed to the next group

5. Once you have entered your installation ID your confirmation ID will be read back to you. The Confirmation ID is read back to you from Group A to Group H. This is a 8×6 number

Groups

A B C D E F G H
xxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxx

Type it into your notepad with no dashes so you can paste it into the next step

6. Activate with your Confirmation ID

slmgr.vbs –atp xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Note: The –atp option is only available when you have installed a MAK or retail key

You should receive the following confirmation

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7. Verify that you are activated using slmgr.vbs

Cscript.exe %systemroot%\system32\Slmgr.vbs –dlv

Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.7
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Software licensing service version: 6.0.6001.18000
Name: Windows Server(R), ServerEnterpriseCore edition
Description: Windows Operating System – Windows Server(R), VOLUME_MAK_B channel
Activation ID: <removed>
Application ID: <removed>
Extended PID: <removed>
Installation ID: <removed>
Processor Certificate URL:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=48189
Machine Certificate URL: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=48190
Use License URL: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=48192
Product Key Certificate URL: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=48191
Partial Product Key: <removed>
License Status: Licensed

Check the “Description” to verify it says Volume_MAK channel and “License Status” says Licensed

If you run into any errors with this process please see the following articles

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;938450

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;942969

Here are the other commands available with slmgr.vbs

Windows Software Licensing Management Tool
Usage: slmgr.vbs [MachineName [User Password]] [<Option>]

MachineName: Name of remote machine (default is local machine)
User:        Account with required privilege on remote machine
Password:    password for the previous account

Global Options: -ipk <Product Key>
   Install product key (replaces existing key)
-ato      Activate Windows
-dli [Activation ID | All]
    Display license information (default: current license)
-dlv [Activation ID | All]
    Display detailed license information (default: current license)
-xpr 
    Expiration date for current license state
Advanced Options:
-cpky 
    Clear product key from the registry (prevents disclosure attacks)
-ilc <License file>
    Install license
-rilc 
    Re-install system license files
-rearm 
    Reset the licensing status of the machine
-upk 
    Uninstall product key
-dti 
    Display Installation ID for offline activation
-atp <Confirmation ID>
    Activate product with user-provided Confirmation ID

3 Comments

  1. Hello

    It really works!!!
    Thanks man.

  2. Pois funciona!

    Não sei é se dará para voltar a fazer, mas espero não ter de o tentar novamente. Vou tentar não rebentar com aquele pc tão depressa…..

    No outro dia andei a fazer mirrors, o disco 1 berrou e passei a ter de arrancar da entrada mirror que dizia “plex” e já estava a ver….. vá lá que foi só mudar a opção de boot para o “plex” no msconfig e passei a usar a entrada 2 sempre do boot para me arrancar com aquilo.

    Ufa!

  3. Edgar Durão

    @Edgar Durão

    Coisas a reter: Até agora já consegui activar o Windows por este processo duas vezes, apesar de a activação pela internet falhar devido por excesso de numero de utilizações da mak key. Acabei de testar a 2ª vez agora em virtude do pc ter … err… deixado… de… err… arrancar… o … windows….. errrr… nao e normal (eu sei não é normal).

    O número de telefone da rede fixa em Portugal é o 214154065 (útil para quem não paga chamadas na rede fixa, evita ligar para o 808).

    No caso do Windows 2008 Server R2 á excepção do primeiro que funcionou com o slmgr.vbs -ipk todos os restantes comandos tiveram de ser dados com /:

    slmgr.vbs /atp

    Slmgr.vbs /dlv

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