Volume Activation 2.0 Operations Guide

Appendix 1: WMI Software Licensing Classes and Properties

VA 2.0 uses Slmgr.vbs to make configuration changes. Slmgr.vbs uses WMI to access WMI classes and properties.

WMI Properties

Required Privilege: Standard User

Class

Name

Type

Description

Scope

Examples

Slmgr

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SoftwareLicensing

ApplicationID

string

The ID of current product's

All

55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-

 

Product

 

 

Application.

 

d6ec3f16059f

 

SoftwareLicensing

Description

string

Product Description

All

Windows Operating System -

did

Product

 

 

 

 

Vista, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

channel

 

SoftwareLicensing

EvaluationEndD

datetime

The expiration date of this

All

8/29/2007 4:59:59 PM

dli

Product

ate

 

product's application. After this

 

[formatted]

 

 

 

 

date, the LicenseStatus

 

 

 

 

 

 

changes to Unlicensed, and the

 

 

 

 

 

 

product cannot activate.

 

 

 

SoftwareLicensing

GracePeriodRem

uint32

Remaining time in minutes

All

43193

dli

Product

aining

 

before the parent application

 

 

 

 

 

 

becomes unlicensed. For

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volume clients, this is the

 

 

 

 

 

 

remaining time before re-

 

 

 

 

 

 

activation is required.

 

 

 

SoftwareLicensing

ID

string

Product Identifier

All

14478aca-ea15-4958-ac34-

did, ato

Product

 

 

 

 

359281101c9

 

SoftwareLicensing

LicenseDepends

string

The dependency identifier for

All

14478aca-ea15-4958-ac34-

 

Product

On

 

the family of SKUs used to

 

359281101c8

 

 

 

 

determine license relationships

 

 

 

 

 

 

for add-ons.

 

 

 

SoftwareLicensing

LicenseFamily

string

The family identifier for the SKU

All

14478aca-ea15-4958-ac34-

 

Product

 

 

used to determine license

 

35928110112

 

 

 

 

relationships for add-ons.

 

 

 

SoftwareLicensing

LicenseIsAddon

boolean

Indicates true if the product is

All

TRUE

 

Product

 

 

identified as an add-on license.

 

 

 

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Microsoft 2 manual Appendix 1 WMI Software Licensing Classes and Properties, WMI Properties

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