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Office 2016 activation issues

GuangP

KaushikSurya
Hi,
Please do the following steps:
Step 1: Check up the internet connection and your system time.
Step 2. Run command prompt as administrator.
Step 3. Copy and run the command:

cd %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /act

Then check activation status again.

KaushikSurya

GuangP Hi I did as you said and I'm still getting the same error message.

BrummieAllan

GuangP
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.16299.248]
(c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\allan>cd %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /act

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

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: R89CW

<Product activation successful>

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

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-----------------------------

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>

Mine was working but stopped a couple of days ago.

GuangP

KaushikSurya You can try repairing your Office: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Repair-an-Office-application-7821d4b6-7c1d-4205-aa0e-a6b40c5bb88b

KaushikSurya

GuangP Still doesn't work. I reinstalled the office again. And did the same still not working. This is what it says.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>cscript "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" /dstatus
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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

PRODUCT ID: 00216-40000-00000-AA889
SKU ID: b322da9c-a2e2-4058-9e4e-f59a6970bd69
LICENSE NAME: Office 15, OfficeProPlusVL_KMS_Client edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 15, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
BETA EXPIRATION: 01-01-1601
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: KMS
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-AA806
SKU ID: d450596f-894d-49e0-966a-fd39ed4c4c64
LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16ProPlusVL_KMS_Client edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
BETA EXPIRATION: 01-01-1601
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: 33W3X
Activation Type Configuration: KMS
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

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

BrummieAllan

GuangP Just followed instructions and modified. Still the same.

GuangP

BrummieAllan
Hi,
Plz follow the instructions in post #1 above to clarify your issue.

GuangP First of all, please do the following steps

BrummieAllan

GuangP

This is what I'm getting. My Office was pre loaded on a laptop and not downloaded would that make a difference.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>cscript "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" /dstatus
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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

PRODUCT ID: 00202-20885-56329-AA816
SKU ID: 95820f84-6e8c-4d22-b2ce-54953e9911bc
LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16O365HomePremR_SubTrial5 edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, TIMEBASED_SUB channel
BETA EXPIRATION: 01/01/1601
LICENSE STATUS: ---LICENSED---
ERROR CODE: 0x4004FC04 (for information purposes only as the status is licensed)
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the application is running within the timebased validity period.
REMAINING GRACE: 52 days (75342 minute(s) before expiring)

Last 5 characters of installed product key: R89CW

PRODUCT ID: 00339-10000-00000-AA002
SKU ID: d450596f-894d-49e0-966a-fd39ed4c4c64
LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16ProPlusVL_KMS_Client edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
BETA EXPIRATION: 01/01/1601
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: kms7.msguides.com:1688
Activation Interval: 120 minutes
Renewal Interval: 10080 minutes

KMS host caching: Enabled

PRODUCT ID: 00200-70000-00000-AA391
SKU ID: d7279dd0-e175-49fe-a623-8fc2fc00afc4
LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16O365HomePremR_Grace edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, RETAIL(Grace) channel
BETA EXPIRATION: 01/01/1601
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

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

masoud77

Hi, The office was activated on my machine for a while but it gets inactive again.would you please help

C:\WINDOWS\system32>cscript "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" /dstatus
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Input Error: Can not find script file "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs".

C:\WINDOWS\system32>cscript "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" /dstatus
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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

PRODUCT ID: 00339-10000-00000-AA546
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: kms4.msguides.com:1688
Activation Interval: 120 minutes
Renewal Interval: 10080 minutes

KMS host caching: Enabled

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

GuangP

masoud77
Hi,
Please do the following steps:
Step 1. Run command prompt as administrator.
Step 2. Copy and run the command:

cd %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /sethst:kms8.msguides.com >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /act

Then check activation status again.

masoud77

GuangP
awesome! solved and activated.thanks

GuangP

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

cd %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /unpkey:R89CW >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /unpkey:KHGM9 >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /sethst:kms8.msguides.com >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /act

Then check activation status again.

BrummieAllan

Hi GuangP looking through the thread, I ran "cd %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /sethst:kms8.msguides.com >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /act" and it came back as activation successful so hopefully everything is ok now, thanks.

triad

C:\WINDOWS\system32>cd %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /sethst:kms8.msguides.com >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /act

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

Installed product key detected - attempting to activate the following product:
SKU ID: 3ad61e22-e4fe-497f-bdb1-3e51bd872173
LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16O365ProPlusR_Grace edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, RETAIL(Grace) channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: VMFTK
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F017

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

<Product activation successful>

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

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16>
and what next?

GuangP

triad
Hi,
Plz follow the instructions in post #1 above to clarify your issue.

GuangP First of all, please do the following steps

BrummieAllan

GuangP As there was a bit more information in that code I ran that and it is still running.Thanks for your help.

GuangP

KaushikSurya Did you follow the instructions in this video?

KaushikSurya

GuangP Yes, this is what it shows after running the cmd file as admin

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

#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/getmsps
Press any key to continue . . .

GuangP

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

cd %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /unpkey:GVGXT >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /unpkey:33W3X >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inpkey:XQNVK-8JYDB-WJ9W3-YJ8YR-WFG99 >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /sethst:kms8.msguides.com >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /act

Then check activation status again.

andrew

Hi @GuangP. I have install Microsoft Project 2016 using your guide https://msguides.com/microsoft-software-products/install-office-2016-multilanguage.html
Run script according the instructions it's says that activation is successful however it's not active. I have activated 30 days trial.

Here what I get

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

PRODUCT ID: 00338-00000-00000-AA076
SKU ID: 4f414197-0fc2-4c01-b68a-86cbb9ac254c
LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16ProjectProVL_KMS_Client edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
LICENSE STATUS: ---LICENSED---
REMAINING GRACE: 179 days (259198 minute(s) before expiring)
Last 5 characters of installed product key: G83KT
DNS auto-discovery: KMS name not available
KMS machine registry override defined: kms8.msguides.com:1688
Activation Interval: 120 minutes
Renewal Interval: 10080 minutes

KMS host caching: Enabled

PRODUCT ID: 00337-90000-00003-AA351
SKU ID: aeedf8f7-8832-41b1-a9c8-13f2991a371c
LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16ProjectProR_Trial edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, TIMEBASED_EVAL channel
LICENSE STATUS: ---OOB_GRACE---
ERROR CODE: 0x4004F00C
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the application
is running within the valid grace period.
REMAINING GRACE: 29 days (43157 minute(s) before expiring)

Last 5 characters of installed product key: HCFG4

PRODUCT ID: 00345-50000-00000-AA215
SKU ID: ca5b3eea-c055-4acf-bc78-187db21c7db5
LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16ProjectProR_Grace edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, RETAIL(Grace) channel
LICENSE STATUS: ---OOB_GRACE---
ERROR CODE: 0x4004F00C
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the application
is running within the valid grace period.
REMAINING GRACE: 4 days (7147 minute(s) before expiring)

Last 5 characters of installed product key: 92FK9

PRODUCT ID: 00339-10000-00000-AA266
SKU ID: d450596f-894d-49e0-966a-fd39ed4c4c64
LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16ProPlusVL_KMS_Client edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
LICENSE STATUS: ---LICENSED---
REMAINING GRACE: 179 days (259198 minute(s) before expiring)
Last 5 characters of installed product key: WFG99
DNS auto-discovery: KMS name not available
KMS machine registry override defined: kms8.msguides.com:1688
Activation Interval: 120 minutes
Renewal Interval: 10080 minutes

KMS host caching: Enabled

PRODUCT ID: 00219-40000-00000-AA337
SKU ID: e13ac10e-75d0-4aff-a0cd-764982cf541c
LICENSE NAME: Office 15, OfficeVisioProVL_KMS_Client edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 15, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
LICENSE STATUS: ---LICENSED---
REMAINING GRACE: 179 days (259198 minute(s) before expiring)
Last 5 characters of installed product key: RM3B3
DNS auto-discovery: KMS name not available
KMS machine registry override defined: kms8.msguides.com:1688
Activation Interval: 120 minutes
Renewal Interval: 10080 minutes

KMS host caching: Enabled

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

GuangP

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

cd %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /unpkey:HCFG4 >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /unpkey:92FK9

If you see error, try this command:

cd %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /unpkey:HCFG4 >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /unpkey:92FK9

Then check activation status again.