SkipRearm
Applies To: Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012 R2
SkipRearm specifies whether to run the Windows® Software Licensing Rearm program.
Important
This setting has been removed in Windows® 8. This setting was deprecated in Windows® 7. Use Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP<A href="ff716063(v=win.10).md">SkipRearm instead.
This information is for reference only.
Rearming a computer restores the Windows operating system to the original licensing state. All licensing and registry data that is related to activation is either removed or reset. Any grace-period timers are reset as well.
Values
Note
0
Valid Configuration Passes
generalize
Parent Hierarchy
Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SLC | SkipRearm
Applies To
For a list of the Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SLC.
XML Example
The following example specifies that the computer is not rearmed and restored to the original, out-of-box state.
<SkipRearm>1</SkipRearm>