- 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/KMS38:
- 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.
