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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 Server 2008 Standard 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 Standard 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 Standard
We can use the Windows Command Prompt (CMD) to activate the Windows Server 2008 Standard 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 TM24T-X9RMF-VWXK6-X8JC9-BFGM2
cscript //nologo %windir%\system32\slmgr.vbs /skms kms.msgang.com
cscript //nologo %windir%\system32\slmgr.vbs /ato3. Your Windows Server 2008 Standard is activated using a KMS key. It’ll reactivate after every 7 days automatically. So, your Windows is permanently activated.
::Output
C:\>cscript //nologo %windir%\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk TM24T-X9RMF-VWXK6-X8JC9-BFGM2
Installed product key TM24T-X9RMF-VWXK6-X8JC9-BFGM2 successfully.
C:\>cscript //nologo %windir%\system32\slmgr.vbs /skms kms.msgang.com
Key Management Service machine name set to kms.msgang.com successfully.
C:\>cscript //nologo %windir%\system32\slmgr.vbs /ato
Activating Windows Server(R), ServerStandard edition (68531fb9-5511-4989-97be-d11a0f55633f) ...
Product activated successfully.4. Finally, check activation status of your Windows Server again. Open Control Panel | System and Security | System then check Windows Activation.
Conclusion
Hello Friends! My name is Leo, and I’m excited to share everything I know about activating Microsoft software products. In the past, I managed several YouTube channels on this topic, but they were taken down by Microsoft. That’s why I decided to start this blog to keep the conversation alive without interruptions. I’m committed to sharing my knowledge and insights for as long as possible!
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