**A new change Office edition script, rewritten Online KMS script and lots of improvements**
#### All:
- Removed dependancy on [WMIC](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/wmi-command-line-wmic-utility-deprecation-next-steps/ba-p/4039242) and [VBScript](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/vbscript-deprecation-timelines-and-next-steps/ba-p/4148301).
- Added the check for [Windows subscription](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/deployment/windows-subscription-activation?pivots=windows-11), activation will be performed based on base edition, [example](https://i.ibb.co/7Cs0j7Y/6LTkK2o.png). Thanks to @asdcorp and @abbodi1406.
- Added the code to disable CMD QuickEdit using Powershell instead of temporary regedit (to avoid accidental pause when the user clicks inside the script window). Thanks to @abbodi1406.
- Added the code to launch from conhost.exe using Powershell to avoid the Terminal app. Thanks to @abbodi1406.
- Added more environment variables in the script at the start to resolve issues in case they are messed up in the user's system.
- Added debug mode option in separate files version to create a log file with details.
- Added better check in Powershell execution without crashing the script in case any antivirus is blocking it.
- Added better SPP check at the start to find issues where the script just hangs without any output, now it will show an error after waiting a certain time.
- Changed messages related to eval edition activation.
- Reduced the number of services to check health to a bare minimum.
- Added SPP trigger reevaluation command at the end of the activation, it helps in updating SPP tasks.
- Added the command to delete SuppressRulesEngine registry keys by default in every run if found, this causes issues in spp tasks to refresh.
- Added the extra checks for malware and showed info accordingly.
- Added better error handling of SPP 2.0 folder creation.
- Added better check to find [permission issues](https://learn.microsoft.com/office/troubleshoot/activation/license-issue-when-start-office-application) in SPP.
- Added the command to check SvcRestartTask Status to find potential activation issues.
- Updated the WPA registry check code to skip unrelated keys, and to make it work on Windows 7 as well.
- Added the code to show the option to open the Troubleshoot page if errors are found.
- Many other small changes to better handle errors.
#### HWID / KMS38
- Removed the extra checks for Windows update services and replaced them with a more accurate check in S-1-5-19 IdentityCRL registry to find connection errors.
Now Update service error will only be shown when it's very likely to be a cause for the activation failure.
#### KMS38
- Update Windows Server 2025 keys to use from products.ini
#### Ohook
- Added the code to add SharedComputerLicensing registry to avoid [licensing issues](https://learn.microsoft.com/office/troubleshoot/office-suite-issues/click-to-run-office-on-terminal-server) in the case of Windows Server with Retail C2R office.
- Script will now skip installing the key for already activated products.
- Added the info for the Office version and the update channel.
- Script will fix ProductReleaseIds In Registry if incorrect found, it affects features.
- Script will check the running Office apps and will ask to close them before proceeding.
- Added more detailed info in case Ohook installation fails.
- Added more accurate detection of MSI Office products.
- Script will now deeply find remnants of Office [vNext](https://learn.microsoft.com/office/troubleshoot/activation/reset-office-365-proplus-activation-state)/[shared](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/overview-shared-computer-activation)/[device](https://learn.microsoft.com/deployoffice/device-based-licensing)/[OEM](https://support.microsoft.com/office/office-repeatedly-prompts-you-to-activate-on-a-new-pc-a9a6b05f-f6ce-4d1f-8d49-eb5007b64ba1) license block, and will clean them.
- Script will now add a Resiliency key to avoid the licensing banner in all of the user accounts including those that are not logged in, also registry will be added to all new future user accounts.
- Script is updated to use [Ohook 0.5 (non+ version)](https://github.com/asdcorp/ohook), nothing is changed functionality-wise, you don't need to update your already installed Ohook.
#### Online KMS
- Rewrote the whole thing from scratch. Thanks to @abbodi1406 for the help.
Difference from the previous version:
- Added the option to set the KMS server/port.
- Added support for Office 2024.
- Script will show the option to activate Office (All) and Office (Project/Visio) and the script won't skip the already activated Office products.
- Toggle option is added to install the Renewal task along with the activation, by default it's set to install the renewal task along with activation.
- Script will create a run-once task if the Internet is not found, which will run on system login if the Internet is found later.
- Toggle option is added to not change edition if needed for Windows/Office.
- Added more info on the screen regarding the process.
#### Change Office Edition
- This is a [new option](change_office_edition.md) added in the script.
- It offers the option to change the installed C2R Office edition to any other with minimum Internet consumption. Thanks to @ave9858 for the suggestion.
- It also offers the option to change the Office update channel. Thanks to @abbodi1406.
#### Change Windows Edition
- This script will now create log files on the desktop in case if edition change fails.
- Several bugs fixed.
#### Check Activation Status
- Previous scripts are now replaced with [CAS](https://gravesoft.dev/cas) by @abbodi1406.
#### Troubleshoot
- Added the code to fix activation errors caused by [KB971033](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4487266) in Windows 7.
- Removed the unnecessary code to find errors because they are already in activation scripts.
#### Misc
- MASSGRAVE blog page is now [available](/blog).
- Offical support email ID is changed to `mas.help@outlook.com` due to some issues from receiving emails from China on Protonmail.
- A new mirror repo is opened on [Codeberg](https://codeberg.org/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts).
- Reverted the Ohook version back to 0.3. We noticed some Antivirus detections (false positive), possibly due to the registry adding change introduced in 0.4. The downside of 0.3 is that the Ohook script would need to be run again upon new user account creation in Windows if O365 is installed.
- Separate files version for Ohook script is changed to AIO.
- Users don't need to update their Ohook installation with this update.
- Script is updated to use [v0.4 Ohook](https://github.com/asdcorp/ohook/releases). It will help in preventing license check banner in non-admin, Domain joined and future new user accounts.
- Script is updated to find and remove remnants of Office vNext license for all user accounts in registry.
#### Change Edition:
- Script will check for Pending reboot flags before proceeding with Edition change with DISM.
- Change to ServerRdsh edition is blocked in the script since it's policies often can not roll back.
#### All:
- Scripts will now check for updates and notify users.
It's not working because of server-side changes at Microsoft. Use the KMS38 option for now. Your previously established HWID is safe. This happened because of [recent change](https://devicepartner.microsoft.com/en-us/communications/comm-windows-ends-installation-path-for-free-windows-7-8-upgrade) to not allow Windows 7/8 free upgrades.
#### Ohook:
- Change the key preference for Office products in this order `Retail:TB:Sub > Retail > OEM:NONSLP > Volume:MAK > Volume:GVLK`
- Added Ohook activation method, it can activate Office permanently on Windows 8 and higher and their Server equivalent except Office 2010 and Office UWP apps. Thanks to @asdcorp for this new method. More info https://massgrave.dev/ohook.html https://github.com/asdcorp/ohook
- HWID activation is added for IotEnterpriseS 2024. At the moment, the 2024 version of IotEnterpriseS and IotEnterpriseSK have HWID activation, EnterpriseS/SN don't
- More checks are added to find better error details for: Internet issue WMI issue SvcRestartTask issue Services issue
- Some codes are optimized
#### Online KMS:
- Script will create schduled task files in `C:\Program Files\Activation-Renewal` instead of `C:\ProgramData\Activation-Renewal` due to security reasons
- The script is updated as per @abbodi1406 KVA v50. Changes:
- Fixed conversion for Office 2016 C2R Retail previously, the first run mistakenly said conversion had failed, even though it was successful (due to confusion with Office 2019 licenses/location detection)
- Added support for activating Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 (LCU 19044.2788 or later)
#### Change Windows Edition:
- Script will use @ave9858 (Alex) DISM API method instead of changepk.exe method to change from Windows 10/11 Core to Non-core (e.g. Home to Pro) Advantages: Internet doesn't need to be disabled, all OEM/GVLK key restrictions are removed, and better error output
- Script will only use best methods to change edition instead of showing multiple choices
#### Troubleshoot:
- Script will compress large log files to cab instead of deleting and creating them fresh in DISM restore and SFC scan options
- WMI fix is improved
#### All:
- Insert HWID key script is removed because it's not important and causes confusion
- Scripts will now disable quick edit mode temporarily because users often click inside the script window and it pauses the script
- Check is added for Null service at the start of the script because corrupt service crashes the script
- Codes are optimized and fixed a few bugs
- [Gitlab](https://gitlab.com/massgrave/microsoft-activation-scripts) repo was taken down, we have created a repo on [Bitbucket](https://bitbucket.org/WindowsAddict/microsoft-activation-scripts) as a replacement. Also revived the [Subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/MAS_Activator/).
- All C# code is changed to Powershell reflection code to avoid temp files and AV detections. Thanks to \@ave9858 (Alex)
- Keys are a bit obfuscated in scripts to reduce AV detections
-`irm https://massgrave.dev/get | iex` code to launch MAS via Powershell will now create uniquely named/hash files on each run to reduce AV detections
- A detailed page is added for [Office C2R retail installers](https://massgrave.dev/office_c2r_links.html)
- Error messages and instructions are improved in all scripts
- [MAS legacy methods](https://github.com/massgravel/MAS-Legacy-Methods) scripts are updated as well
- We are now on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/massgravel) and a [Telegram group](https://t.me/Microsoft_Activation_Scripts) is created for MAS-related queries and activation issues
- Gatherosstate.exe is replaced by [universal tickets](https://massgrave.dev/hwid.html#Types_of_Tickets). Thanks to \@ave9858 (Alex).
- Legacy HWID methods are now preserverd in another repo [MAS-Legacy-Methods](https://github.com/massgravel/MAS-Legacy-Methods).
- HWID key is added for Windows 11 IoTEnterpriseSK edition.
- To avoid errors due to unsupported Windows region, HWID script will change it to US and revert it back.
- HWID script will delete a IdentityCRL registry key to resolve issues caused by changed hardware ID. Thanks to @awuctl
- KMS38 script will now apply the KMS38 protection by default. Powershell code for it is now simplified.
- ClipUp.exe for Server CorAcor editions is removed from separate files version as well. Users will need to follow [this](https://massgrave.dev/kms38.html#KMS38_-_Server_CorAcor) to KMS38 activate them.
- Scripts will enable Windows Script Host if it's disabled.
- More checks are added to find the cause of activation failure.
#### Online KMS:
- Script is updated as per @abbodi1406 KVA v48 (Major change: optional behavior to override Office C2R vNext license (subscription or lifetime) or its residue (which may prevent proper KMS activation).
- Scripts will enable Windows Script Host if it's disabled.
- More checks are added to find the cause of activation failure.
#### Activation Troubleshoot:
- Added more options: Rebuild WMI Repository, Fix issues Caused By Gaming Spoofers, Fix issues Caused By KB971033 In Windows 7, Export Event Viewer Logs.
- Support for Windows 7/8//8.1 and their server equivalent editions are added and alternative method is added for Windows 10/11 and their server equivalent. Thanks to Anomalous Software Deterioration Corporation for [CBS Upgrade method](https://github.com/asdcorp/Set-WindowsCbsEdition).
- Thanks to @abbodi1406 for fixing a cosmetic [issue](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/OfficeDocs-DeployOffice/issues/1100) in Office vNext Status (vNextDiag.ps1).
#### MAS AIO:
- Command line [switches](https://massgrave.dev/command_line_switches.html) are added for unattended mode. It can be utilized in Powershell One-Liner code to execute it as well.
- Exit and Go Back options are set to 0 key in all the cases.
- slc.dll is removed, we will patch the original gatherosstate.exe on the fly with Powershell. (Thanks to [Anomalous Software Deterioration Corporation](https://github.com/asdcorp))
- arm64 files are removed, now x86 gatherosstate.exe can work in all
- Scripts can now activate future editions by getting the key from the system. (Thanks to [**\@awuctl**](https://github.com/awuctl) and [**\@abbodi1406**](https://github.com/abbodi1406))
- Windows product name is now taken from winbrand.dll instead of registry/wmi for accurate results (Thanks to [**\@abbodi1406**](https://github.com/abbodi1406))
- The script will now set the KMS server to private IP (non-existent) 10.0.0.10 instead of 0.0.0.0 to avoid the non-genuine banner issues in the office
- Fixed an issue when files couldn't be extracted in AIO compressed2txt if the username has accent characters. Thanks to [**\@AveYo**](https://github.com/AveYo) for the fix.
- Homepage https://windowsaddict.ml/ is changed to https://massgrave.dev/ because of the DNS issue with the free domain (Thanks to [**\@luzea9903**](https://github.com/luzea9903) for Server hosting)
- Fixed the Edition ID mismatch issue of DISM / REG / WMIC, with the help of SKU ID.
- Fixed an issue where ticket installation would fail in case if the username has non-English characters or spaces in certain conditions.
- Now files would be copied to "%SystemRoot%\Temp\_Ticket_Work" to generate ticket to prevent any unforeseen issue caused by the pathname.
- Added the support for ARM64 systems, thanks to @mspaintmsi for providing the method and thanks to @Chibi ANUBIS and @smashed for testing the scripts.
- Updated the script to @abbodi1406's KMS_VL_ALL v37f, which includes various improvements and fixes, most notably automatic retail-to-volume conversion for Office C2R.
- Added official Microsoft's two .exe files for the Retail office C2R to volume conversion purpose.
- Now Renewal task and desktop context menu, both will share the same directory which is now changed to "%ProgramData%\Online_KMS_Activation\"
- Abbodi1406 fixed an imp bug in his KMS_VL_ALL Script regarding KMS38, I copied those fix in online KMS script. It also fixes the error (only cosmetic, not imp) in last run result of scheduled task when KMS38 is applied. Now there is no error remains in last run result of scheduled task.
(Reminder - This online kms script is a fork of abbodi1406's Standalone-Activate-Local.cmd, it was adjusted to work with multi kms server's and renewal task, preactivation, etc. see @credits)
- Added Windows OS checks in HWID, KMS38, and insert keys and change edition option, now these option will only work in Windows 10.
- Fixed an issue where in certain condition user needs to open the script again to fix non functioning option.
- Fixed an issue in Digital + KMS preactivation where it was not working correctly. (Critical)
- Fixed an issue in Digital and KMS38 Preactivation where it wouldn't delete itself after activation.
- Changed Some options location to make it more obvious.
- Changed jscript based text to file converter, to powershell. Although powershell based code is slow but it is more freindly to av's compared to jscript.Now there shouldn't be any possible issue of av's detection.
