How to Activate Windows Server 2008 Datacenter for Free

As you know, Windows Server is a specialized operating system which is designed for server only. In today’s post, I will show you how to activate Windows in your VPS or dedicated server for FREE using KMS client product keys. So, you can renew it whenever you want. Actually, the license will be renewed automatically every 7 days by default. In this way, just do it one time and forget it completely.

As you can see in the below screenshot, we’re using a copy of Windows Server 2008 Datacenter and it is not activated. We need to activate it to made it function normally and remove the licese watermark on the desktop.

How to activate Windows Server 2008 Datacenter

We can use the Windows Command Prompt (CMD) to activate the Windows Server 2008 Datacenter license free forever.

1. Click on the Windows start icon or press the Windows key on your keyboard. Type cmd in the Windows search box, right click on the best match then select Run as administrator.

2. Copy, right click to paste all below commands into CMD window at once then hit Enter ↵.

cscript //nologo %windir%\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk 7M67G-PC374-GR742-YH8V4-TCBY3cscript //nologo %windir%\system32\slmgr.vbs /skms kms.msgang.comcscript //nologo %windir%\system32\slmgr.vbs /ato

Note Note: If you see the error 0xC004F074, it means that your internet connection is unstable or the server is busy. Please make sure your device is online and try the command “ato” again until you succeed. 3. Your Windows Server 2008 Datacenter is activated using a KMS key. It’ll reactivate after every 7 days automatically. So, your Windows is permanently activated.

::OutputC:\>cscript //nologo %windir%\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk 7M67G-PC374-GR742-YH8V4-TCBY3Installed product key 7M67G-PC374-GR742-YH8V4-TCBY3 successfully.C:\>cscript //nologo %windir%\system32\slmgr.vbs /skms kms.msgang.comKey Management Service machine name set to kms.msgang.com successfully.C:\>cscript //nologo %windir%\system32\slmgr.vbs /atoActivating Windows Server(R), ServerDatacenter edition (68531fb9-5511-4989-97be-d11a0f55633f) ...Product activated successfully.

Note Tip: Why we need cscript in the commands. By just executing a vbs script file, output gets sent to dialog boxes, which need your interaction. Using cscript, the desired output gets printed to your current stdout. 4. Finally, check activation status of your Windows Server again. Open Control Panel | System and Security | System then check Windows Activation.