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Remove KMS Activation

Anonymous
2022-02-11T13:32:52+00:00

(Sorry if my english is bad)

Recently, out of curiosity and for experimenting, i activated my windows against a kms server which i found on youtube. I already have a windows 11 pro digital license and i know how to get it back. I opened cmd as administrator and typed

slmgr.vbs /skms kms.tee***.

Then i go to settings and changed product key to enterprise kms client key. My windows 11 got converted into Enterprise edition and successfully activated. Then i ran the following commands to uninstall kms :

slmgr.vbs /upk

slmgr.vbs /cpky

slmgr.vbs /ckms

slmgr.vbs /ckms-domain

slmgr.vbs /ipk <windows pro default key>

I rebooted my pc and got back to pro edition. Next, i change product key to education kms client key and as expected, my windows converted to education version and is not activated (this kms server supports education edition, so this means i disconnected to the kms server). Then i entered the enterprise kms client key again. Not as i expected, eventhough it popped up "unable to connect to organization's activation server", my windows converted to enterprise edition and is activated. I think that the kms server installed a 180-day license on my pc so that even if i cannot connect to the server, i can still use windows 11 enterprise for 180 days. So my question is how can i remove that license out of my pc immediately so that if i ever enter enterprise kms client key again, my windows won't be activated ? Or do i have to perform a clean installation of windows to remove the kms license immediately?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Licensing and activation

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  1. Sumit D - IA 166.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2022-02-11T15:18:58+00:00

    >>windows 11 enterprise is still activated.

    Thanks. No it isn't actually William. It is in a grace period. Enterprise editions do not activate unless you join a domain.

    If you enter the generic key, it would remove the KMS server altogether and activate the Retail copy.

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  2. Sumit D - IA 166.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2022-02-11T14:05:49+00:00

    Hi William,

    I am Sumit here to assist you with this question.

    The methods advised on YouTube and other malicious sites are bogus. This key might change enterprise to Pro.

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    >>So my question is how can i remove that license out of my pc immediately so that if i ever enter enterprise kms client key again, my windows won't be activated ?

    I am curious why would you try to use an Enterprise key again after this problematic situation. You would end up with more problems in the future.

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  3. JX313 7,045 Reputation points
    2022-02-11T14:46:10+00:00

    >>Recently, out of curiosity and for experimenting, i activated my windows against a kms server which i found on youtube.

    Your question makes me more interested in why you decided to do something that ended up confusing you. You could've done it on a virtual machine where you don't need to worry about reinstalling. It's not recommended to experiment stuff on a real machine.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-02-11T13:45:26+00:00

    you mean i cannot permanently disable illegal activations unless i reinstall /clean install windows, am i correct ?

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  5. JX313 7,045 Reputation points
    2022-02-11T13:37:06+00:00

    Yes, a reinstall (not a clean-install) is needed to remove it. Unfortunately there's no way to permanently disable illegal activations.

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