General KMS troubleshooting commands

General KMS troubleshooting commands

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Description

Here are a few commands that will help you confirm your KMS configuration.

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To lookup current KMS servers run this in elevated cmd prompt:

nslookup -type=srv _vlmcs._tcp

To check your DNS for KMS servers:

Open DNS console and expand _tcp node under the domain.com.

Verify that there  a record _VLMCS.

To Manually set a KMS server (for windows activation) run this command from an elevated cmd prompt:

slmgr.vbs /skms