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Registry path: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Value

Type

Description

Scope

 

 

KeyManagementServiceVersion

REG_SZ

Set this for MOM automatic discovery of the Key

KMS

 

 

 

 

Management Service (current default is to use the WMI

 

 

 

 

 

SoftwareLicensingService Version property). Delete this

 

 

 

 

 

value if the KMS is no longer functional on the computer.

 

 

 

UserOperations

REG_DWOR

Create and set to 1 to enable standard users to install

All (not

 

 

 

D

product keys, activate, and rearm computers. With this

just

 

 

 

 

registry setting enabled, all product key installation,

KMS)

 

 

 

 

activation, and rearm requests must be done using the

 

 

 

 

 

built-in Slmgr.vbs script.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registry path: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SL\Activation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Value

Type

Description

Scope

 

 

Manual

REG_DWOR

0

= Allow Auto-activation (Default)

All (not

 

 

 

D

1

= Disable Auto-activation

just

 

 

 

 

 

 

KMS)

 

 

NotificationDisabled

REG_DWOR

0

= Activation notices and balloons will be shown

All (not

 

 

 

D

(Default)

just

 

 

 

 

1

= All activation related notices will be hidden. Not

KMS)

 

 

 

 

recommended.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registry path: HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SL

This is physically under HKUsers\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SL (S-1-5-20 is well-known NetworkService SID)

 

 

 

 

Value

Type

Description

Scope

KeyManagementServiceRegisteredDomai

REG_SZ

Cached Domain name when KMS is enabled. This is

KMS

nName

 

mainly used when KMS computer domain is changed so it

 

 

 

re-publishes DNS RR. No default. This is a KMS-side

 

 

 

registry setting.

 

KeyManagementServiceRegisteredHostN

REG_SZ

Cached host name when KMS is enabled. This is mainly

KMS

ame

 

used when KMS computer name is changed so it re-

 

 

 

publishes DNS RR. No default. This is a KMS-side registry

 

 

 

setting.

 

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