Difference between revisions of "KMS Activation Error"

Latest revision as of 18:40, 18 March 2016

If you get the following error when trying to activate Windows 2008 R2 against a Key Management Server (KMS) try the following:

Error: 0x8007000D

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2230957

If that doesn't work try running these commands:

slmgr.vbs /rilc
slmgr.vbs /rearm

Restart

slmgr.vbs /ato

Error: 0xC004F038

Typically you see this error pop up on client computers when you've setup your first KMS server, or migrated to a new KMS server. A KMS server won't process activations until it gets 25+ unique client activation requests. So you will see this error for a while. Once you hit the 25 mark clients will activate normally.
You can check the current count by running this on the KMS Host:

cscript slmgr.vbs /dli | findstr "Current count:"

Reference

https://yuridejager.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/moving-your-key-management-server-kms-to-another-server-or-host/