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Office 2016 activation issues

ilgabo13

i can't activate the product, i use all the steps you already mentioned.

GuangP

ilgabo13 Please use command prompt instead of powershell: https://msguides.com/computer-tips/open-command-prompt-admin.html

dhtj

Hi guys!
That's my problem:

I had a valid 1 year student license before and later it stopped working.
Your Bat file from one youtube video helped a bit, but not completely.

Regards

GuangP

dhtj
Hi,
Please do the following steps:
Step 1. Run command prompt as administrator.
Step 2. Copy and run the command:

cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16&cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:RRDXC&cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:VMFTK&cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:kms8.msguides.com&cscript ospp.vbs /act

If you see error, try this command:

cd /d %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16&cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:RRDXC&cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:VMFTK&cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:kms8.msguides.com&cscript ospp.vbs /act

Then check activation status again.

dhtj

GuangP

Thank you very much!
It worked with the last command.

dvrcj

i activated it once with no probs.
but now i ised the same activation.cmd and doesnt change anithing.
ive tryed some of the commands that you posted but i still only have 4days left.
it already gave me 2 errors ( 0x4004f00c and 0xC004F017 )
will it stop after these 4days and what can i do?
...

Installed product key detected - attempting to activate the following product:
SKU ID: d7279dd0-e175-49fe-a623-8fc2fc00afc4
LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16O365HomePremR_Grace edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, RETAIL(Grace) channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: KHGM9
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F017

ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the license is not installed.

---Exiting-----------------------------

GuangP

dvrcj
Hi,
Please follow the instructions in post #1 above to clarify your issue.

GuangP First of all, please do the following steps

minxian

still like this

minxian

run with admin too

GuangP

minxian
Hi,
Please follow the instructions in post #1 above to clarify your issue.

GuangP First of all, please do the following steps

justian

============================================================================

#Project: Activating Microsoft software products for FREE without software

#Supported products:
- Microsoft Office Standard 2016
- Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2016

The system cannot find the path specified.
The system cannot find the path specified.

============================================================================

Activating your Office...

The connection to my KMS server failed! Trying to connect to another one...
Please wait...

============================================================================

The connection to my KMS server failed! Trying to connect to another one...
Please wait...

============================================================================

The connection to my KMS server failed! Trying to connect to another one...
Please wait...

============================================================================
Sorry! Your version is not supported.
Please try installing the latest version here: bit.ly/odt2k16

as you can see, mine doesnt let me to add more text or command. The moment i paste the code, the admin activation would closed itself

GuangP

justian
Hi,
Please follow the instructions in post #1 above to clarify your issue.

GuangP First of all, please do the following steps

leolabai

GuangP

Hi, I followed the first step and then I get an error my version is not supported. Then I tried running the next command and I get the following message.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>cd /d %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16&cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:RRDXC&cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:VMFTK&cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:kms8.msguides.com&cscript ospp.vbs /act
The system cannot find the path specified.
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Input Error: Can not find script file "C:\WINDOWS\system32\ospp.vbs".
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

soulc1

can you help me i have tried everything, thanks

GuangP

soulc1 Where do you install your Office? It is not in the Program Files folder?

kelvinho55

Hi guangP , can you please help me?

PRODUCT ID: 00344-20000-00000-AA368
SKU ID: 1ecbf9c7-7c43-483e-b2ad-06ef5c5744c4
LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16HomeStudentR_Grace edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, RETAIL(Grace) channel
LICENSE STATUS: ---NOTIFICATIONS---
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F009
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the grace period expired.

Last 5 characters of installed product key: DJ3QD

PRODUCT ID: 00202-20700-73376-AA027
SKU ID: 95820f84-6e8c-4d22-b2ce-54953e9911bc
LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16O365HomePremR_SubTrial5 edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, TIMEBASED_SUB channel
LICENSE STATUS: ---NOTIFICATIONS---
ERROR CODE: 0xC004E022
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the secure store id value in license does not match with the current value.

Last 5 characters of installed product key: YDTPW

PRODUCT ID: 00216-40000-00000-AA288
SKU ID: b322da9c-a2e2-4058-9e4e-f59a6970bd69
LICENSE NAME: Office 15, OfficeProPlusVL_KMS_Client edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 15, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
LICENSE STATUS: ---NOTIFICATIONS---
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F056
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the product could not be activated using the Key Management Service (KMS).
Last 5 characters of installed product key: GVGXT
Activation Type Configuration: ALL
DNS auto-discovery: KMS name not available
KMS machine registry override defined: kms9.msguides.com:1688
Activation Interval: 120 minutes
Renewal Interval: 10080 minutes

KMS host caching: Enabled

PRODUCT ID: 00339-10000-00000-AA706
SKU ID: d450596f-894d-49e0-966a-fd39ed4c4c64
LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16ProPlusVL_KMS_Client edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
LICENSE STATUS: ---NOTIFICATIONS---
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F056
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the product could not be activated using the Key Management Service (KMS).
Last 5 characters of installed product key: WFG99
Activation Type Configuration: ALL
DNS auto-discovery: KMS name not available
KMS machine registry override defined: kms9.msguides.com:1688
Activation Interval: 120 minutes
Renewal Interval: 10080 minutes

KMS host caching: Enabled

PRODUCT ID: 00200-70000-00000-AA278
SKU ID: d7279dd0-e175-49fe-a623-8fc2fc00afc4
LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16O365HomePremR_Grace edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, RETAIL(Grace) channel
LICENSE STATUS: ---NOTIFICATIONS---
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F009
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the grace period expired.
Last 5 characters of installed product key: KHGM9

GuangP

kelvinho55
Hi,
Please do the following steps:
Step 1. Run command prompt as administrator.
Step 2. Copy and run the command:

cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16&cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:KHGM9&cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:kms8.msguides.com&cscript ospp.vbs /act

If you see error, try this command:

cd /d %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16&cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:KHGM9&cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:kms8.msguides.com&cscript ospp.vbs /act

Then check activation status again.

DescendantOfCalliope

GuangP Hi! Thanks a lot! It is now working on me!

kelvinho55

GuangP still the same bro

Akrem

hi i had this problem
and then i folowed your steps ,and i had this
requesting help.

GuangP

Akrem Does your Office work normally? Sorry, I can not determine an unknown error.

kelvinho55

C:\WINDOWS\system32>cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16&cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:KHGM9&cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:kms8.msguides.com&cscript ospp.vbs /act
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

---Processing--------------------------

<Product key not found>

---Processing--------------------------

Successfully applied setting.

---Processing--------------------------

Installed product key detected - attempting to activate the following product:
SKU ID: 1ecbf9c7-7c43-483e-b2ad-06ef5c5744c4
LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16HomeStudentR_Grace edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, RETAIL(Grace) channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: DJ3QD
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F017

ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the license is not installed.

Installed product key detected - attempting to activate the following product:
SKU ID: 70d9ceb6-6dfa-4da4-b413-18c1c3c76e2e
LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16ProPlusR_Grace edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, RETAIL(Grace) channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: BTDRB
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F017

ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the license is not installed.

Installed product key detected - attempting to activate the following product:
SKU ID: 95820f84-6e8c-4d22-b2ce-54953e9911bc
LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16O365HomePremR_SubTrial5 edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, TIMEBASED_SUB channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: YDTPW
ERROR CODE: 0xC004C003
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The activation server determined the specified product key has been blocked.
NOTICE: A KB article has been detected for activation failure: 0xC004C003

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2870357#Error0xC004C003

Installed product key detected - attempting to activate the following product:
SKU ID: b322da9c-a2e2-4058-9e4e-f59a6970bd69
LICENSE NAME: Office 15, OfficeProPlusVL_KMS_Client edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 15, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: GVGXT
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F074
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the product could not be activated. No Key Management Service (KMS) could be contacted. Please see the Application Event Log for additional information.
To view the activation event history run: cscript ospp.vbs /dhistorykms
NOTICE: A KB article has been detected for activation failure: 0xC004F074

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2870357#Error0xC004F074

Installed product key detected - attempting to activate the following product:
SKU ID: d450596f-894d-49e0-966a-fd39ed4c4c64
LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16ProPlusVL_KMS_Client edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: WFG99
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F074
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the product could not be activated. No Key Management Service (KMS) could be contacted. Please see the Application Event Log for additional information.
To view the activation event history run: cscript ospp.vbs /dhistorykms
NOTICE: A KB article has been detected for activation failure: 0xC004F074

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2870357#Error0xC004F074

---Exiting-----------------------------

GuangP

kelvinho55
https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/3104410/kms-error-0xc004f074-when-you-try-to-activate-office-2016-volume-licen
Your issue is to use Office 2013 and 2016 on the same system.