Install and activate Office 2019 for FREE legally using Volume license
After a series of preview versions, Microsoft finally came out with an official version of Office 2019. It is the stable one, this means you can download and use it right now without worrying about fatal errors which you have gotten in beta versions before. However, I regret to inform that according to the disclosures, Microsoft Office 2019 only works on Windows 10 or later. So if you are using Windows 8, 8.1 or older versions, you will not be able to install it. Honestly I hate what Microsoft have done to force users to use Windows 10. In my opinion, Office 2016 is still a good choice for casual users at the moment.
How to download Office 2019 from Microsoft homepage
If you have an Office 365 subscription, your Office will be upgraded to the latest version automatically without doing anything. However, if you are using Office 2016 or earlier versions, to make sure that Office 2019 will work normally, please uninstall your old version of Office completely before starting a new installation. If you do not have Office 2019 already, just go here to get official download link from Microsoft homepage and select the version you want.
Installing Office 2019 without a product key
After the download process is complete, you will get an img file. Just open it then run the setup file to install Office 2019 on your PC.
This may take a while, please wait.
Upon successful installation, you can open any Office program to verify some basic information.
Just skip the “enter product key” window by clicking close button at the top right corner.
And as you can see, I am using Office Professional Plus 2019 and the trial license will expire in 7 days.
Activating Office 2019 using KMS license key
Method 1: Running commands one by one manually
Step 1.1: Open command prompt in administrator mode.
First, you need to open command prompt with admin rights, then follow the instruction below step by step. Just copy/paste the commands and do not forget to hit Enter in order to execute them.
Step 1.2: Open location of the Office installed on your PC.
cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16
cd /d %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16
If you install your Office in the ProgramFiles folder, the path will be “%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16” or “%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16”. It depends on the architecture of the Windows OS you are using. If you are not sure of this issue, don’t worry, just run both of the commands above. One of them will be not executed and an error message will be printed on the screen.
Step 1.3: Convert your retail license to volume one.
for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x"
If your Office is got from Microsoft, this step is required. On the contrary, if you install Office from a Volume ISO file, this is optional so just skip it if you want.
Step 1.4: Activate your Office using KMS client key.
Make sure your PC is connected to the internet, then run the following command.
cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1688
cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:6MWKP >nul
cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:NMMKJ-6RK4F-KMJVX-8D9MJ-6MWKP
cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:107.175.77.7
cscript ospp.vbs /act
If you see the error 0xC004F074, it means that your internet connection is unstable or the server is busy. Please make sure your device is online and try the command “act” again until you succeed.
Here is all the text you will get in the command prompt window.
C:\Windows\system32>cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cd /d %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16
The system cannot find the path specified.
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x"
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE-ppd.xrm-ms"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_kms_client_ae-ppd.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE-ul-oob.xrm-ms"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_kms_client_ae-ul-oob.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE-ul.xrm-ms"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_kms_client_ae-ul.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_MAK_AE-pl.xrm-ms"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_mak_ae-pl.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_MAK_AE-ppd.xrm-ms"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_mak_ae-ppd.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_MAK_AE-ul-oob.xrm-ms"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_mak_ae-ul-oob.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_MAK_AE-ul-phn.xrm-ms"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_mak_ae-ul-phn.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1688
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Successfully applied setting.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:6MWKP >nul
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:NMMKJ-6RK4F-KMJVX-8D9MJ-6MWKP
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:107.175.77.7
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Successfully applied setting.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /act
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installed product key detected - attempting to activate the following product:
SKU ID: 85dd8b5f-eaa4-4af3-a628-cce9e77c9a03
LICENSE NAME: Office 19, Office19ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 19, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: 6MWKP
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>
Right now the Office is activated successfully.
Method 2: Using batch scripts
This one is not recommended anymore due to the new update of Microsoft.
Step 2.1: Copy the following code into a new text document.
@echo off
title Activate Microsoft Office 2019 (ALL versions) for FREE - MSGuides.com&cls&echo =====================================================================================&echo #Project: Activating Microsoft software products for FREE without additional software&echo =====================================================================================&echo.&echo #Supported products:&echo - Microsoft Office Standard 2019&echo - Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019&echo.&echo.&(if exist "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" cd /d "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16")&(if exist "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" cd /d "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16")&(for /f %%x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&(for /f %%x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&echo.&echo ============================================================================&echo Activating your Office...&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ckms >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /setprt:1688 >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /unpkey:6MWKP >nul&set i=1&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inpkey:NMMKJ-6RK4F-KMJVX-8D9MJ-6MWKP >nul||goto notsupported
:skms
if %i% GTR 10 goto busy
if %i% EQU 1 set KMS=kms7.MSGuides.com
if %i% EQU 2 set KMS=107.175.77.7
if %i% GTR 2 goto ato
cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /sethst:%KMS% >nul
:ato
echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo.&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /act | find /i "successful" && (echo.&echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo #My official blog: MSGuides.com&echo.&echo #How it works: bit.ly/kms-server&echo.&echo #Please feel free to contact me at [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns.&echo.&echo #Please consider supporting this project: donate.msguides.com&echo #Your support is helping me keep my servers running 24/7!&echo.&echo ============================================================================&choice /n /c YN /m "Would you like to visit my blog [Y,N]?" & if errorlevel 2 exit) || (echo The connection to my KMS server failed! Trying to connect to another one... & echo Please wait... & echo. & echo. & set /a i+=1 & goto skms)
explorer "http://MSGuides.com"&goto halt
:notsupported
echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo Sorry, your version is not supported.&echo.&goto halt
:busy
echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo Sorry, the server is busy and can't respond to your request. Please try again.&echo.
:halt
pause >nul
Step 2.2: Save the text file as a batch file with .cmd extension. (Eg. office2019.cmd).
Step 2.3: Run this batch file with admin rights.
Step 2.4: Check activation status again.
Done! You Office has been activated successfully.
Note: If your PC can not connect to any KMS servers, please try running the batch file again.
More information:
- Here is KMS client key of Office 2019: NMMKJ-6RK4F-KMJVX-8D9MJ-6MWKP.
- The KMS license of Office 2019 is valid for 180 days only but it can be renewed automatically so you neednt worry so much about the period.
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!
Any way to get this on a Macbook running latest Catalina?
google for answer
I keep getting the KMS Server error. I already turned off the windows defender. Please let me know if I should still be going the CMD route.
disregard my post. solved.
Worked like a charm!!!
The 2nd method works great thxxx
thx alot, I used the first method and it works fine
i am using first method using commands but getting error (error code: ox80080005) in last command (( cscript ospp.vbs /act ). hence not able to activate the office 2019.
ERROR CODE: 0x80080005
make a quick scan, reset some components or cache should fix this problem.
The problem is from your windows 10 installation.
You may want to wi-fi from phone. Organization wifi blocks KMS servers many times.
Hi! i used the first method, activating the microsoft office professional plus 2019 , through cmd a few months ago… is it possible to deactivate it… i recently purchased a subscription for the microsoft 365 and my account on the office programs still say microsoft office professional plus 2019, even though i tried to change the license… im waiting for your answer! thanks!
control panel, uninstall office 2019 pro plus.
top search :Uninstall Microsoft product trial license or KMS license completely POst, check any office 2019 pro plus KMs key left behind and delete.
then restart PC.
Install your retail office 365, remind you, because office 365 install take time, windows 10 will automatic update to Office 2019 pro plus, it is Office 365 function. It will carry on update to future office version.
Ok! Thanks a lot!
use your heads
The VLK has been blocked
You need a new one
it shows that your license will expire in three days what should I do
after 180 days, anytime you online again, KMS activation will automatic renew back to 180 days.
Hello,
I’m getting this error on the last part “cscript ospp.vbs /act”. I ran it on admin mode. please help.
Error Code:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /act
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
—Processing————————–
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Installed product key detected – attempting to activate the following product:
SKU ID: 85dd8b5f-eaa4-4af3-a628-cce9e77c9a03
LICENSE NAME: Office 19, Office19ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 19, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: 6MWKP
ERROR CODE: 0x80080005
ERROR DESCRIPTION: Run the following: cscript ospp.vbs /ddescr:0x80080005
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—Exiting—————————–
ERROR CODE: 0x80080005
will indicate your computer system is not valid or cannot download and install pending updates. Windows performance and security greatly depend upon the updates. Nevertheless, even if you wished to skip updates, it’s not possible because Windows Update is required.
make a quick scan, reset some components or cache should fix this problem.
The problem is from your windows 10 installation.
good job! it’s work!!
it workeeed
ur kms server has ports blocked tried everything from kms1 to kms10 no open port open, or maybe the service isnt running on your server, your https://status.msguides.com/ its ok but ports arent, just lettting you know about this.
Thanks
No me ha funcionado ningún método, agradeceria mucho vuestra ayuda, se que funciona por que ya active mi otra PC con este metodo
la activación de kms solo funciona en PC
Dear Concern,
i am getting this kind of error in command prompt as below
============================================================================
#Project: Activating Microsoft software products for FREE without software
============================================================================
#Supported products:
– Microsoft Office Standard 2019
– Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019
============================================================================
Activating your Office…
============================================================================
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.
Please try installing the latest version here: bit.ly/aiomsp
Kms activation must by admin right online.
Dear concern,
i am getting error while in command prompt like “the connection KMS server failed! trying to connect another one” please help me to resolve this issue
hi i have used the first method to activate office and i got this message, please help
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18363.900]
(c) 2019 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\User>cd /d %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16>for /f %x in (‘dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL*.xrm-ms’) do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:”..\root\Licenses16\%x”
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:”..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE-ppd.xrm-ms”
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
—Processing————————–
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Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_kms_client_ae-ppd.xrm-ms
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F025
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the action requires administrator privilege.
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—Exiting—————————–
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:”..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE-ul-oob.xrm-ms”
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
—Processing————————–
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Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_kms_client_ae-ul-oob.xrm-ms
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F025
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the action requires administrator privilege.
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—Exiting—————————–
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:”..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE-ul.xrm-ms”
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
—Processing————————–
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Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_kms_client_ae-ul.xrm-ms
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F025
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the action requires administrator privilege.
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—Exiting—————————–
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:”..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_MAK_AE-pl.xrm-ms”
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
—Processing————————–
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Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_mak_ae-pl.xrm-ms
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F025
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the action requires administrator privilege.
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—Exiting—————————–
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:”..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_MAK_AE-ppd.xrm-ms”
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
—Processing————————–
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Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_mak_ae-ppd.xrm-ms
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F025
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the action requires administrator privilege.
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—Exiting—————————–
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:”..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_MAK_AE-ul-oob.xrm-ms”
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
—Processing————————–
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Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_mak_ae-ul-oob.xrm-ms
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F025
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the action requires administrator privilege.
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—Exiting—————————–
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:”..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_MAK_AE-ul-phn.xrm-ms”
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
—Processing————————–
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Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_mak_ae-ul-phn.xrm-ms
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F025
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the action requires administrator privilege.
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—Exiting—————————–
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16>
bro i tried please let me know why after pasting the file saved as office.cmd but i couldnot run as adminstrator
Your windows ID should have admin right, otherwise, you won’t run as adminstrator.
Thank you!
Do I have to disable Office to update?
no, update is from Microsoft, just like retail version.
Hello Mr. Guang
Thank you very much for your clear instructions.
Everything worked until cscript ospp.vbs /act
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which gave me error
SKU ID: 85dd8b5f-eaa4-4af3-a628-cce9e77c9a03
LICENSE NAME: Office 19, Office19ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 19, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: 6MWKP
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F074
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the product could not be activated. No Key Management Service (KMS) could be contacted. Please see the Application Event Log for additional information.
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I tried the scripts again. Finally, it worked and now Office is Activated.
Thank you very much.
How do I reactivate it after 180 days expiration?
when you online, office activation will automatic renew. activation. Even you pass 180 days, when you online, will automatic renew back to 180 days.
Dear Admin,
I have reactivate problem in my current windows. around 6 month ago I installed windows 10 Pro and I activated it by others methods like cmd …..
but now its automatically deactivate . I’m very upset about this problem, I tried many time to reactivate this windows by using cmd and product key, but I cannot do it.
sometime its showed error that
Please help me to reactivate windows 10 Pro. If you can.
Thanks & BR,
Ahmad Shahzad
Those methodes are for 2016 to 2019 microsoft office. How about if MO 2019 it self, how the rule ?
what is “MO 2019”?
THANKS A LOT, I USE THE INSTALATION STEPS AND THE ACTIVATION INSTRUCTIONS ABOVE, IT WORKS PERFECTLY, THANX
You are the best!!! Thank you so much Mr Guang
05-june-2020
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It still works !!
Thank you
Thank you, Mr Guang! I always use KMS key from your website and it always works like a charm!
You are a HERO T_T
I installed the office 2019, and ran Step 1: Copy the following code into a new text document. multiple times.
But product is not activating.
Use the 4-step guide
Thank you! Real thank u bro. Muchas gacias por el aporte a la comunidad, de verdad funciona. Saludos desde argentina.
selamat malam
saya memperbaiki microsoft office 2019 dengan metoda no 1 hasilnya memuasakan dan saya bisa bekerja kembali , untuk penjelasannya step by step dan bisa menyelesaikan permasalahan dengan baik .
terima kasih atas bantuannya
salam
Subarkah
when we finish activating will we be able to use MS word offline
online use office program just like retail version of Office program
window.alert(“test”)
lol, are u trying javascript injection, such a m***n hahahah
hello, I have a windows 10 and when im done saving it, and I have to click make administrator it does not show it. that’s the problem. it does not show make administrator.
I am having the same problem. It doesn’t activate after running Administrator