Troubleshoot “connection to KMS server failed” error

I have received a lot of complaint emails saying that they could not activate their program after folowing instructions in my videos. The issues described here are related to an error message they got as below.

The connection to my KMS server failed! Trying to connect to another one… Please wait…
Sorry! Your version is not supported.

There are two main causes of this issue.

1. The cause of client

First of all, please checkout the latest versions of my scripts here. Most people have trouble using my old ones to activate their apps. Make sure that Windows Update is enabled and your intenret connection is stable before running the batch files. To check if my KMS servers are blocked or not, please open your internet browser then try going to: http://kms8.msguides.com/. If the page is visible, it means this server is not blocked.
One other point to note is that you need to run command prompt/batch file with admin rights.

Make sure "administrator" is in the title
Make sure “administrator” is in the title

Otherwise, the connection will be denied by UAC system.

2. The cause of server

Recently I need to do some experiments in the kms7 server so I changed the default KMS port (1688) to another one. And besides, I upgraded CPU and RAM memory on the kms server.
Because the number of daily clients is too big and still increasing over time, so the server can also be stuck at times. You can check and see if the server is overloaded or not here: http://status.msguides.com.

If you would have any questions or concerns, please leave your comments. I would be glad to explain in more details. Thank you so much for all your feedback and support!

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293 Comments

  1. It is showing Error 0xC004F074, No KMS could be contacted. So it can’t activate.
    I think the kms8.msguides.com is broken as the 1688 port isn’t working.

    Please fix the issue fast.

  2. worked great for me, though took a few tries

    and yes MS have now flagged the use of such KMS scripts .txt .bat or .cmd as autokms viruses (trying to scare users with false positives)

  3. 1) Forward the port inside your router (you’ll have to look into how on your own router)
    2) Double check the port (1688) is open using kms8.guides.com
    3) then use – slmgr /skms kms8.guides.com –

  4. The connection to my KMS server failed! Trying to connect to another one… Please wait…
    Sorry! Your version is not supported.
    It is showing this like this many a times even though I tried to activate the window with batch file and command prompt but still the problem is not solving.

  5. Good morning Sir…… i tried already to check the two possible causes of “The connection to my KMS server failed! Trying to connect to another one… Please wait…
    Sorry! Your version is not supported.”

    fortunately to me, the site is not blocked and the server is OPEN…
    but, when I tried to run again and again the cmd file, the results are the same….

    please help me with this….

    thanks in advance….

  6. Hi. I can access the website but the error Sorry! Your version is not supported keeps on showing. My windows update is also enabled

  7. i have used ur method for activating several products, but today i found that ur kms server has closed ports i tried kms kms1 …. kms10.msguides.com all of them have closed ports
    and from some comments here i found that a guy asked same thing on may, so im assuming since may you have your ports on your server closed or the service isnt running.

    Thanks

  8. Hi,

    Works perfectly with office 2016 Pro:Windows 10 Home but dont activate with office 2016/windows 10 Pro

    Thx for your help

  9. My Windows 10 version is 1919. Not activating. Firewall is off, Windows update service is on. Logs are below.

    ============================================================================
    Activating your Windows…
    ============================================================================
    The connection to my KMS server failed! Trying to connect to another one…
    Please wait…
    ============================================================================
    The connection to my KMS server failed! Trying to connect to another one…
    Please wait…
    ============================================================================
    The connection to my KMS server failed! Trying to connect to another one…
    Please wait…
    ============================================================================
    Sorry! Your version is not supported.

    1. same for me, this failure message appears every time the bat file on desktop is run in administrator capacity. Tried everything but to no avail. By the way, my MS Office version is Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010. Does this solution work for this? thanks

  10. The connection to my KMS server failed! Trying to connect to another one.
    Office is not activated successfully.
    im getting this error while trying to activate my ms-ofice using cmd, by copying text.

  11. hi guang. thanks for your effort. unfortunately, they didn’t work. i tried the manual method. i checked every troubleshooting factor that you mentioned, several times. but always get the same error at the end last cmd command. besises other sentences, it says “… No Key Management Service (KMS) could be connected…”

  12. thank very much bro!
    it took me 4 days to activate but when i tried your method it took 3 mins
    loveyou bro