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KMS Emulator in C (currently runs on Linux including Android, FreeBSD, Solaris, Minix, Mac OS, iOS, Windows with or without Cygwin)

7 mentions on Hacker News by 5 people: 0 stories, 7 comments · first 2018-06-04 · latest 2024-06-24

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  1. …the activation server emulator myself. It's open source software and really easy to set up as well. https://github.com/Wind4/vlmcsd
    comment by npteljes · 2024-06-24 · in Microsoft Account to local account conversion guide erased from Windows 11 guide
  2. …give it a linux user agent) 1: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started... 2: https://github.com/Wind4/vlmcsd/tree/master
    comment by windowspiracy · 2023-07-07 · in Windows Update Restored: Fix Windows update on Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, and XP
  3. …of lists of servers like these, but I host it myself - basically just built and compiled this one: https://github.com/Wind4/vlmcsd
    comment by npteljes · 2023-04-19 · in Microsoft plugging more ads into Windows 11 Start Menu
  4. I personally run my own activation server ( https://github.com/Wind4/vlmcsd ), and just point the Windows installation there. Or you can use one of the many servers that are floating around the internet. Either way, it's a bit annoying…
    comment by npteljes · 2022-12-12 · in Not-so-great features coming soon to Windows 11
  5. Don't forget about https://github.com/Wind4/vlmcsd which is extremely lightweight and mimics a KMS activation server. You can even run it in a Docker image.
    comment by encryptluks2 · 2021-11-06 · in Windows 11 upgrade tool that bypasses Microsoft´s requirements
  6. Here's a KMS server emulator, all open source: https://github.com/Wind4/vlmcsd If you want to skip straight to the piracy, here's an open source package for you, complete with keys, hosted ironically on Microsoft servers, that uses vlmcsd:…
    comment by anon9001 · 2019-08-27 · in Useless Windows 10 Features
  7. Keep an eye on this one, then: https://github.com/Wind4/vlmcsd
    comment by kraptor · 2018-06-04 · in What is wrong with Microsoft buying GitHub