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Happy New Year, everyone!

It’s been really a long time since I last updated this blog. Miss you guys!

To celebrate the new year, now I present to you a New Year Deal, a license exchange.

Rules are:

1, I need UNUSED GENUINE licenses for Internet Download Manager 6.

2, You’ll get UNUSED GENUINE licenses for Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate, or Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus, by your pick.

3, I promise the license you got through this exchange will be yours only, in my words, fresh. Check all the info on my last exchanges, I’ve always kept my promises.

Last time I held a license exchange for IDM, most participants were very good. Glad we both ended up with what we need. However, there were several cheatings, which are very sad. So this time, I’ll mail the license to IDM official support to ask for a little help with a check for genuinty. Let’s make this exchange a most successful one, shall we?

If you are interested, leave messages here or mail me.

Wish you a gorgeous new year!

Leave your comments here so I know you’re actually in need of it.

I’ve got 5 genuine licenses to distribute here for free.

Certain simple rules are,

1. To prove you have a Mac, upload a photo of your Mac with your NAME and MAILBOX address on screen to somewhere and give me the link to review it.

2. Have retail version Office 2010 for Mac Home and Business installation image, as I can’t provide one.

3. Send me one photo of Office 2010 being installed on your Mac after you received your license.

What is Multiple Activation Key (MAK)?

Another important activation method in VA 2.0 is MAK Activation through using MAK license keys. MAK keys, which carry set allowance for activation counts, can activate the target products within its product group permanently.

Unlike KMS activated systems that would be requested to connect to activation server for at least once within 180 days, MAK activated systems can be used for as long as you wish until you do a reinstallation. MAK keys are just like retail ones, but they have way more permitted activation counts than retail keys.

Microsoft provides two types of license keys for use with products that implement VA 2.0. Every product could get a MAK key which has a set number of activation allowances for purchased volume products from VLSC.

Continue reading Volume Activation 2.0: MAK Activation

This is not lengthy talk on what good can Volume Activation 2 do to a corporation. More info about VA2 is hosted here on official Microsoft website.

I’ll show you what in fact is Windows KMS activation and how it actually works in life.

What is Key Management Service (KMS)?

KMS is a lightweight service that does not require a dedicated system and can easily be co-hosted on a system that provides other services. With KMS, you can complete activations on your local network, eliminating the need for individual computers to connect to Microsoft for product activation.

In short, KMS is a service, hosted on a Windows volume client or server, to provide unlimited activations for its client systems, client or server products.

KMS activation is what Microsoft meant to be used only within corporate infrastructure, so it has strict prerequisites. A certain number of clients must exist before KMS activation server can function.

KMS server will record every request from its clients and count it against the predefined threshold. That means, none of the clients will be activated before the activation server receives enough requests.

For instance, if you want to activate your local servers, running Windows Server 2008, or R2, regardless of edition, you’ll need five of them before any can be activated.

You’re supposed to use command to set clients’ activation server address, and activate the client. KMS server will receive this activation request if settings right, and record it as one count. For now your first server isn’t activated, which will just prompt you there are insufficient clients. Repeat the action on the other three, KMS server will count four now, while the servers are still not activated.

Now when you set up the fifth server, it sends its request to KMS server, for which the counts equals the threshold, and it’ll be able to activate the clients right away, including the first four, but that will need a moment, as KMS clients will automatically re-send its activation request at the set interval until they get activated, your other four servers will be activated when they next send their activation requests.

If you want to activate volume Windows clients, like Windows Vista Business, or Windows 7 Enterprise, you’ll need 25 systems before KMS server will unleash its magic.

If you have deployed Microsoft Office 2010 products, including Project 2010 and Visio 2010, you’ll need 5 systems running these.

Initially with the introduction of VA2, if the activation request is sent from a virtual machine, that won’t be counted, even although they can be activated after the KMS server starts to function. After Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft modified its policy to allow virtual machine to be counted as valid client to ease the deployment of KMS activation.

For KMS servers, a specific number of counts is required before they start to function. However, if a client couldn’t connect to the activation server for 30 days, the server will consider this client offline and deplete one activation count. Activation counts may drop below the required threshold when a lot of clients undergo maintenance.

So to not be interrupted in servicing, they have a count buffer of 25, which means activation counts will max at 50, twice the threshold for it to function wholly. This doesn’t mean only 50 clients can be activated. Any number of clients can be activated, but only 50 latest will be recorded as activation counts, serving as some kind of fail-safe.

Continue reading Volume Activation 2: KMS Activation

Usual scenes in enterprise computer infrastructure consist of lots of clients and servers, and each of them has to be powered by a certain operating system, usually various Windows.

There are so many of them that to purchase individual retail OS license for each is a unimaginable task, considering keying in that many different license keys for that many computers. What if to buy only several licenses while each can license numerous computers? That’s where Microsoft bring up the Volume Licensing.

Accompanying the introduction of Windows XP, Microsoft integrated activation mechanism to thwart software piracy. Ever since, you need to put in the product key to fully unlock a Microsoft OS. To do that you have to connect to the Internet or give telephone calls to activate the OS against Microsoft servers, leaving volume users in dire need for easier licensing.

The well-thought Microsoft introduced Volume Activation 1.0 with the start of activation. Certain types of license keys are set to have the privilege to bypass the required activation in Windows, including Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 families, or to name it as the big “Windows NT 5” family.

Useful as they are, these license keys are too powerful to be checked. Theoretically, simply using one of them can unlock unlimited copies of Windows, making it prone to software piracy. People fond of embracing free pirated software rushed to use “corporate” versions of Windows, which has mighty license keys integrated.

Aware of the serious problem, Microsoft revamped their anti-piracy mechanism, unleashing version 2.0 for volume activation. This time, there are no mighty license keys. All products have to be activated using one way or another. Two main categories are set, KMS and MAK activation.

Continue reading All about Volume Activation 2.0

I’ve managed to get all the KMS Client Keys for use with Microsoft Office 2010, suites and applications, which are not yet disclosed by Microsoft openly.

May you have good use:-)

Earlier today, Office 2010 is made available to certain subscribers of MSDN/TechNet.

Continue reading Microsoft Office 2010 on MSDN/TechNet

Just a quick note.

More info pending.

Guys,

I’m still in need of some genuine license keys for one software titled Internet Download Manager, version 5.18, although I had an exchange months ago.

Rules are simple as before.

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a/ Prove your IDM license is genuine.

b/ Promise I will be the only user of the license.

c/ The license must work with the latest version of IDM, 5.18 according to its official website.

d/ For each license you give me, I’d send you a full retail license for Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus, of course genuine and for you only.

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Thank you for helping me. You can turn to this post if you have doubts.

BTW, gift license already sent. Just check your mailboxes.

Stay inspired.

The final part of the 2010 Microsoft computing platform is finally finished, SQL Server 2008 R2 reached RTM today.

This whole platform refresh came under unprecedented huge pressure from everywhere for Microsoft. For any whole platform Microsoft had rolled out, consumer OS is definitely the pioneer within the market. Windows has so much influence that if it works well, the whole world welcomes the new Microsoft platform. If it fails, like Windows Vista did, all Microsoft products would bear shares of doubts.

To put it simple, Windows is the President of the Microsoft Platform.

The latest refreshment of platform comes steady. Windows 7, a powerful, self-assured, efficient, and trustworthy President, lead the way, and other products, like Server 2008 R2, Exchanger 2010, paved the way.

The good lasts. Until very recently, Visual Studio 2010 was released with Silverlight 4.0, and new updates to the MSDN subscriptions.

If you watched closely, you’d discover all major Microsoft services got revamps during this whole refreshing time. For instance, Microsoft Downloads, which had been inefficient, now becomes a very good download center with quick finds possible. TechNet and MSDN had respective overhaul changes in design and function. Microsoft integrated its products blogs, and they also changed MSN’s look recently.

Now the final part, the most pricy product from Microsoft, finished assembly. SQL Server 2008 R2 will surely continue the success.

More info on SQL Server 2008 R2 can be found here. Microsoft didn’t imply when to ship it to distribution channels, but usually, in a few weeks it’ll be shipped to MSDN/TechNet and enterprise channels. [Update: It’s confirmed SQL Server 2008 R2 will reach MSDN/TechNet on May 3rd]

Early expectation for the RTM of SQL Server 2008 R2 is in May. Now with clear indication of smooth progress, Microsoft wasted no time readying its momentum for 2010 platform.

Personally, Microsoft will do a great job this time.