KMS server and Windows 7

I have a KMS server that has been set up and working fine for Server 2008 and
R2.

I do not want this server to active Windows 7 clients but I believe it is.
On new Windows 7 installs, if I do a 'slmgr -dli' it says it is activated and
licensed and references my KMS server. I don't remember entering a Windows 7
KMS key on the server.

So - is there a way to deny activation of Windows 7 clients and/or revoke
those that may have already registered?

Thank you.

Hi Glen,

Yeah there should be a solution but you need to configure that :-)

The KMS is is possibly now published via your DNS and the Win7 clients do
query automatically your KMS server. Check on your DNS server ->
yourdomain.com -> _tcp -> _VLMCS

If so, you can delete this entry and set manually during your setup
(unantended) the KMS server on your servers -> slmgr -skms "IP":1688 (hope
that is correct, but you should check that).

Hope that helps.

Regards
Ramazan

"Glen" <> wrote in message
news:F487CDB5-564E-4568-9286-...
> I have a KMS server that has been set up and working fine for Server 2008
> and
> R2.
>
> I do not want this server to active Windows 7 clients but I believe it is.
> On new Windows 7 installs, if I do a 'slmgr -dli' it says it is activated
> and
> licensed and references my KMS server. I don't remember entering a
> Windows 7
> KMS key on the server.
>
> So - is there a way to deny activation of Windows 7 clients and/or revoke
> those that may have already registered?
>
> Thank you.

Thank you Ramazan. Yes the KMS server is published in DNS. I'd like to
leave it there for my servers but just not have to respond to Windows 7
requests. Is that possible?

Wouldn't I have had to have added a Windows 7 key into the KMS server to get
it to hand out Windows 7 activations?



"RCan" wrote:

> Hi Glen,
>
> Yeah there should be a solution but you need to configure that :-)
>
> The KMS is is possibly now published via your DNS and the Win7 clients do
> query automatically your KMS server. Check on your DNS server ->
> yourdomain.com -> _tcp -> _VLMCS
>
> If so, you can delete this entry and set manually during your setup
> (unantended) the KMS server on your servers -> slmgr -skms "IP":1688 (hope
> that is correct, but you should check that).
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Regards
> Ramazan
>
> "Glen" <> wrote in message
> news:F487CDB5-564E-4568-9286-...
> > I have a KMS server that has been set up and working fine for Server 2008
> > and
> > R2.
> >
> > I do not want this server to active Windows 7 clients but I believe it is.
> > On new Windows 7 installs, if I do a 'slmgr -dli' it says it is activated
> > and
> > licensed and references my KMS server. I don't remember entering a
> > Windows 7
> > KMS key on the server.
> >
> > So - is there a way to deny activation of Windows 7 clients and/or revoke
> > those that may have already registered?
> >
> > Thank you.
>

Hi Glen,

I'm not an licensing expert :-) but I think this depends on the channel of
your KMS key. What KMS channel key do you have ? A,B or C ? Depending on the
KMS channel your server is able to activate the incoming requests. Possibly
there is also a key type only for server requests. also that could be
directly verified with MS as this is also a licensing topic.

I think the easiest way for now would be to manually add the KMS server
string to the servers after they're installed (unantended, GPO,
powershell...)....

Regards
Ramazan

"Glen" <> wrote in message
news:A67C9235-78F9-4F85-A8B6-...
> Thank you Ramazan. Yes the KMS server is published in DNS. I'd like to
> leave it there for my servers but just not have to respond to Windows 7
> requests. Is that possible?
>
> Wouldn't I have had to have added a Windows 7 key into the KMS server to
> get
> it to hand out Windows 7 activations?
>
>
>
> "RCan" wrote:
>
>> Hi Glen,
>>
>> Yeah there should be a solution but you need to configure that :-)
>>
>> The KMS is is possibly now published via your DNS and the Win7 clients do
>> query automatically your KMS server. Check on your DNS server ->
>> yourdomain.com -> _tcp -> _VLMCS
>>
>> If so, you can delete this entry and set manually during your setup
>> (unantended) the KMS server on your servers -> slmgr -skms "IP":1688
>> (hope
>> that is correct, but you should check that).
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>> Regards
>> Ramazan
>>
>> "Glen" <> wrote in message
>> news:F487CDB5-564E-4568-9286-...
>> > I have a KMS server that has been set up and working fine for Server
>> > 2008
>> > and
>> > R2.
>> >
>> > I do not want this server to active Windows 7 clients but I believe it
>> > is.
>> > On new Windows 7 installs, if I do a 'slmgr -dli' it says it is
>> > activated
>> > and
>> > licensed and references my KMS server. I don't remember entering a
>> > Windows 7
>> > KMS key on the server.
>> >
>> > So - is there a way to deny activation of Windows 7 clients and/or
>> > revoke
>> > those that may have already registered?
>> >
>> > Thank you.
>>