How to install and use Project / Visio (2016/2019/2021) without product key

Posted byAlways Smile Updated onApril 21, 2023

The majority of Microsoft software products have a 30-days trial in order to let the user try them for free. This allow users to see the value of the product and if they have been happy with it, they might consider paying for a license. However, spending hundreds of dollars is a big problem for people having very low incomes, particularly in some of the poorest regions. If you are students or teachers and your school is part of the program, you will have a chance to use most Microsoft products at no cost. And if you are not a beneficiary of this program, using KMS method is a perfect solution you can consider.

In today’s post, I will go into detail on how to download and use Project, Visio (2021, 2019 and 2016) without product key. First of all, you can download the latest version here if you dont have it already. Because it is stored as an ISO file so once your download completes, you have to extract it. Then just run the setup file to begin installing like you normally would.

After successful installation, you will get be enrolled in a 30 day free monthly trial. When the trial ends, the most important features will be disabled and you have to purchase a license key to continue using the service.
But what is really amazing is that you can easily get a free 6 months license by using KMS method. Importantly, you can renew the license easily when the period has expired (*). Just follow the instructions below exactly and make sure your internet connection is active.

Contents

1. Activating Project, Visio manually

2. Using pre-written batch script to activate Project & Visio

1. Activating Project, Visio manually

Activate MS Project for FREE with KMS key

Using MS Visio without a product key

Step 1.1: Open location of the Project/Visio installed on your PC.
If you install it 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.

cd /d %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16
cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16

Step 1.2: Convert your retail license to volume one.
This step is required. You can not install the KMS client product key of Project/Visio without a volume license.

For Project 2016:

cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProjectProVL_KMS_Client-ppd.xrm-ms"&cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProjectProVL_KMS_Client-ul-oob.xrm-ms"&cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProjectProVL_KMS_Client-ul.xrm-ms"&cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance-bridge-office.xrm-ms"&cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance-root.xrm-ms"&cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance-root-bridge-test.xrm-ms"&cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance-stil.xrm-ms"&cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance-ul.xrm-ms"&cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance-ul-oob.xrm-ms"&cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms"

For Project 2019:

cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms"&(for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x")&(for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\projectprovl_kms*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x")&(for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\projectpro2019vl_kms*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x")

For Project 2021:

cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms"&(for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x")&(for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\projectprovl_kms*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x")&(for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\projectpro2021vl_kms*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x")

For Visio 2016:

cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\VisioProVL_KMS_Client-ppd.xrm-ms" &cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\VisioProVL_KMS_Client-ul-oob.xrm-ms"&cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\VisioProVL_KMS_Client-ul.xrm-ms"&cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance-bridge-office.xrm-ms"&cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance-root.xrm-ms"&cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance-root-bridge-test.xrm-ms"&cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance-stil.xrm-ms"&cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance-ul.xrm-ms"&cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance-ul-oob.xrm-ms"&cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms"

For Visio 2019:

cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms"&(for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x")&(for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\visioprovl_kms*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x")&(for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\visiopro2019vl_kms*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x")

For Visio 2021:

cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms"&(for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x")&(for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\visioprovl_kms*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x")&(for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\visiopro2021vl_kms*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x")

convert retail licenses of project/visio to volume ones

Step 1.3: Activate your Project/Visio using KMS client key
Make sure your PC is connected to the internet, then run the following command. Do not forget to replace THE_CLIENT_KEY with the KMS client key of your product.

cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:THE_CLIENT_KEY
cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:107.175.77.7
cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1688
cscript ospp.vbs /act

The full list of client keys:

Project 2016: YG9NW-3K39V-2T3HJ-93F3Q-G83KT
Project 2019: B4NPR-3FKK7-T2MBV-FRQ4W-PKD2B
Project 2021: FTNWT-C6WBT-8HMGF-K9PRX-QV9H8
Visio 2016: PD3PC-RHNGV-FXJ29-8JK7D-RJRJK
Visio 2019: 9BGNQ-K37YR-RQHF2-38RQ3-7VCBB
Visio 2021: KNH8D-FGHT4-T8RK3-CTDYJ-K2HT4

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 the all the text I got after activating Project 2019 in my Windows 10 laptop.

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\projectpro2019vl_kms*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x"
 
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProjectPro2019VL_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\projectpro2019vl_kms_client_ae-ppd.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---------------------------------------
---Exiting-----------------------------
 
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProjectPro2019VL_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\projectpro2019vl_kms_client_ae-ul-oob.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---------------------------------------
---Exiting-----------------------------
 
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProjectPro2019VL_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\projectpro2019vl_kms_client_ae-ul.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---------------------------------------
---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 /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 /inpkey:B4NPR-3FKK7-T2MBV-FRQ4W-PKD2B
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 
---Processing--------------------------
---------------------------------------
<Product key installation successful>
---------------------------------------
---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: 2ca2bf3f-949e-446a-82c7-e25a15ec78c4
LICENSE NAME: Office 19, Office19ProjectPro2019VL_KMS_Client_AE edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 19, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: PKD2B
<Product activation successful>
---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------
---Exiting-----------------------------
 
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>

2. Using pre-written batch script to activate Project & Visio

This one is not recommended anymore due to the new update of Microsoft.

https://youtu.be/tQ9kfzInlwM

Activating Microsoft Project & Visio 2019 instructions

Step 2.1: Copy the following code into a new text document.

For Project 2016

@echo off
title Activate Microsoft Project 2016 (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 Project Standard 2016&echo - Microsoft Project Professional Plus 2016&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")&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProjectProVL_KMS_Client-ppd.xrm-ms" >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProjectProVL_KMS_Client-ul-oob.xrm-ms" >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProjectProVL_KMS_Client-ul.xrm-ms" >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance-bridge-office.xrm-ms" >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance-root.xrm-ms" >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance-root-bridge-test.xrm-ms" >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance-stil.xrm-ms" >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance-ul.xrm-ms" >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance-ul-oob.xrm-ms" >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms" >nul&echo.&echo ============================================================================&echo Activating your Project...&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ckms >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /setprt:1688 >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /unpkey:KQBVC >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /unpkey:G83KT >nul&set i=1&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inpkey:YG9NW-3K39V-2T3HJ-93F3Q-G83KT >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

For Project 2019

@echo off
title Activate Microsoft Project 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 Project Standard 2019&echo - Microsoft Project 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")&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms" >nul&(for /f %%x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&(for /f %%x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\projectprovl_kms*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&(for /f %%x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\projectpro2019vl_kms*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&echo.&echo ============================================================================&echo Activating your Project...&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ckms >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /setprt:1688 >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /unpkey:PKD2B >nul&set i=1&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inpkey:B4NPR-3FKK7-T2MBV-FRQ4W-PKD2B >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

For Project 2021

@echo off
title Activate Microsoft Project 2021 for FREE - MSGuides.com&cls&echo =====================================================================================&echo #Project: Activating Microsoft software products for FREE without additional software&echo =====================================================================================&echo.&echo #Supported products:&echo - Microsoft Project Standard 2021&echo - Microsoft Project Professional 2021&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")&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms" >nul&(for /f %%x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&(for /f %%x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\projectprovl_kms*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&(for /f %%x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\projectpro2021vl_kms*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&echo.&echo =====================================================================================&echo Activating your product...&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ckms >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /setprt:1688 >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /unpkey:QV9H8 >nul&set i=1&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inpkey:FTNWT-C6WBT-8HMGF-K9PRX-QV9H8 >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&echo 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

For Visio 2016

@echo off
title Activate Microsoft Visio 2016 (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 Visio Standard 2016&echo - Microsoft Visio Professional Plus 2016&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")&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\VisioProVL_KMS_Client-ppd.xrm-ms"  >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\VisioProVL_KMS_Client-ul-oob.xrm-ms" >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\VisioProVL_KMS_Client-ul.xrm-ms" >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance-bridge-office.xrm-ms" >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance-root.xrm-ms" >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance-root-bridge-test.xrm-ms" >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance-stil.xrm-ms" >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance-ul.xrm-ms" >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance-ul-oob.xrm-ms" >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms" >nul&echo.&echo ============================================================================&echo Activating your Visio...&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ckms >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /setprt:1688 >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /unpkey:W8GF4 >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /unpkey:RJRJK >nul&set i=1&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inpkey:PD3PC-RHNGV-FXJ29-8JK7D-RJRJK >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

For Visio 2019

@echo off
title Activate Microsoft Visio 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 Visio Standard 2019&echo - Microsoft Visio 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")&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms" >nul&(for /f %%x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&(for /f %%x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\visioprovl_kms*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&(for /f %%x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\visiopro2019vl_kms*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&echo.&echo ============================================================================&echo Activating your Visio...&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ckms >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /setprt:1688 >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /unpkey:7VCBB >nul&set i=1&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inpkey:9BGNQ-K37YR-RQHF2-38RQ3-7VCBB >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

For Visio 2021

@echo off
title Activate Microsoft Visio 2021 for FREE - MSGuides.com&cls&echo =====================================================================================&echo #Project: Activating Microsoft software products for FREE without additional software&echo =====================================================================================&echo.&echo #Supported products:&echo - Microsoft Visio Standard 2021&echo - Microsoft Visio Professional 2021&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")&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms" >nul&(for /f %%x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\client-issuance*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&(for /f %%x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\visioprovl_kms*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&(for /f %%x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\visiopro2021vl_kms*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&echo.&echo =====================================================================================&echo Activating your product...&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ckms >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /setprt:1688 >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /unpkey:K2HT4 >nul&set i=1&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inpkey:KNH8D-FGHT4-T8RK3-CTDYJ-K2HT4 >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& echo 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

Note: You need copy the appropriate code for your product.

Create a new text document.

Step 2.2: Paste the code into the text file. Then save it as a batch file with cmd extension. (eg “1click.cmd”).

Step 2.3: Run the batch file with administrator rights.

Please wait a while.

Done! Finally, check the activation state again.

(*): KMS license is valid for 180 days only. But it will be renewed automatically before the expiration date if you are online.
However, you can renew your Office manually anytime (even when its expired) by running the cmd file again.

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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Kalupalata says:

August 24, 2024 at 4:39 AM

This website is amazing, Ever since, I’ve been activating all ms apps by following the instructions. THANK YOU.

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John Doe says:

August 13, 2024 at 5:26 AM

For those that are getting server errors or think that the KMS Servers are just really really busy- try to ping the servers directly from the command line by typing:

ping 107.175.77.7

Hit enter and see what returns from the ping requests. If you get no response from the host, then I would guess that your ISP may be blocking certain IP addresses based on your location.

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李宜宸 says:

July 18, 2024 at 6:55 AM

hello ,the project 2021 of client key is not support coomand!

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李宜宸 says:

July 18, 2024 at 6:35 AM

hello your server is always busy….

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Anonymous says:

May 7, 2024 at 1:26 AM

Hello,

Thank you a lot for your website !

But I have this error trying to activate Visio 2021 :

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.

And the computer is successfully connected to the internet.

Is your KMS server still up?

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AAMIR ANAS says:

March 15, 2024 at 11:20 AM

ERROR CODE: 0xC004F017
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the license is not installed. coming again and again

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Viswanathan says:

November 29, 2023 at 9:43 AM

Despite following the step 1 for activation for activating MS project 2021 and visio 2021 im unable to get the app activated, your generous consideration extension would be of great help for me

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MrMarvel [S30] says:

October 26, 2023 at 4:42 PM

Thanks you!
Microsoft Project Pro 2021 activated)

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yohana says:

October 3, 2023 at 8:19 AM

in the last step the looks like this

Installed product key detected – attempting to activate the following product:
SKU ID: 2ca2bf3f-949e-446a-82c7-e25a15ec78c4
LICENSE NAME: Office 19, Office19ProjectPro2019VL_KMS_Client_AE edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 19, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: PKD2B

—————————————
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

and I can’t see the project apps ini my PC
please help me

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Sherwin says:

August 8, 2023 at 12:36 AM

I have been trying to activate Visio 2019 for 2 days now to no avail still showing Error Code 0xC004F074….is that how busy your servers are? Please help!!!

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1. mak kau hijau says:
  
  November 8, 2023 at 12:50 AM
  
  yes i’m the same..now when i’m install any microsoft office software, the error code appear
  
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Diego says:

May 7, 2023 at 11:27 AM

Gracias, gracias, gracias. Funciona perfecto!!

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vishnu says:

April 24, 2023 at 1:34 PM

Not able to activate visio 2021. always says server busy.

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1. val says:
  
  April 17, 2024 at 8:05 AM
  
  same here
  
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Vishnu Viswanath says:

April 19, 2023 at 4:27 AM

i was not able to activate using batch file

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Taylor says:

April 19, 2023 at 2:50 AM

Cool. Thanks a lot. I tried it and I also tried the key I got from “onthehubstore”. It works well.

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Rano says:

March 1, 2023 at 1:51 PM

I have just activated my MS office Visio successfully, thanks

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1. vishnu says:
  
  April 24, 2023 at 1:35 PM
  
  how u did it man?
  
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Doho says:

February 20, 2023 at 2:54 PM

Hi
I have followed your instructions to installed and activated Office LTSC Professional Plus 2021 successfully but when I tried to installed Visio 2021 , its asking me to uninstall Office LTSC Professional Plus 2021 first before I can go forward .
Can you help please.
Thank You .

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Jawed says:

February 8, 2023 at 3:40 AM

It worked !! thank you very much

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Javed says:

February 7, 2023 at 11:04 AM

Thanks Bro …
Thank you So much …
It works 100%

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Balagurunathan Marimuthu says:

January 26, 2023 at 7:32 AM

Thank you so much. I tried and it worked. Cheers! 🙂

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Hung says:

November 29, 2022 at 11:45 PM

I got it, thank you so much for this step-by-step guide! Comprehensive and work flawlessly

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Jas says:

October 17, 2022 at 6:39 AM

Hi I only get 29days!

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Raymond says:

October 8, 2022 at 9:04 PM

Thank you for the options . However, I tried it step by step 20 times yet always the same error everyday for two weeks of attempting to activate. Error code 0x004F017. Is your server still active?

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deependra bista says:

October 3, 2022 at 6:25 PM

Thank you****** so much i have been searching it form 4month. finally done it.

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Atheist says:

October 2, 2022 at 5:24 AM

After activating Visio Pro retail via your script, it becomes LTSC 2021.
The problem is Microsoft 365 also becomes LTSC 2021 (on starting Word/Excel I am getting the same splash) but neither Word nor Excel starts/works.
So only one type of activation could be used at the same time on 1 PC?

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1. Nacho says:
  
  October 18, 2022 at 7:23 PM
  
  Hi Atheis (and everyone else).
  
  I’ve just retried the process (I had given a try a one year ago or so and I found NO way of having MS 365, I always kept getting LTSC 2021, even before activating) and I’ve had a similar situation to Atheis. Visio and Proyect are 2021 LTSC visually speaking, but, watch this: they are that way even before activating. I haven’t used the ISO from MSGuides, I used the Office deployment tool with “VisioProRetail” and “ProjectProRetail” Product IDs.
  
  However, after activating any of the two of them, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Publisher have remained on 365 look. Perhaps the difference was in the fact I first installed (and activated) the main suite using O365ProRetail Product ID, and after activating it, I installed and activated Project and Visio.
  
  Hope this works for anyone.
  
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Zahiruzzaman Chowdhury says:

September 17, 2022 at 7:20 AM

Hello! Are your servers down by any chance?

“Sorry, the server is busy and can’t respond to your request. Please try again”

Same case for also office and win10 activation scripts.

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Kohilan says:

July 14, 2022 at 5:58 AM

That was a crazy installation. Never expected to be such quicker. activated successfully. thank you verymuch.

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Aashay G says:

May 19, 2022 at 6:56 AM

After 180 days are over the license can be renewed for another 180 days, correct?

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XIO says:

May 7, 2022 at 5:23 PM

NICE

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Pride Rock says:

March 16, 2022 at 7:25 AM

Thank you so much.

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Mako says:

March 4, 2022 at 4:03 AM

It works! Thank you so much!!

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Raul says:

February 27, 2022 at 3:25 PM

It is possible to activate VIsio/Project having a valid license of Office 365?

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Masia Mashapa says:

January 20, 2022 at 8:20 AM

nstalled product key detected – attempting to activate the following product:
SKU ID: 0d270ef7-5aaf-4370-a372-bc806b96adb7
LICENSE NAME: Office 19, Office19ProjectPro2019R_Retail edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 19, RETAIL channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: 239FX
ERROR CODE: 0xC004C060
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The activation server determined the specified product key has been blocked.
—————————————
Installed product key detected – attempting to activate the following product:
SKU ID: 52c4d79f-6e1a-45b7-b479-36b666e0a2f8
LICENSE NAME: Office 19, Office19ProPlus2019R_Grace edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 19, RETAIL(Grace) channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: 8MBCX
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F017
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the license is not installed.
—————————————
Installed product key detected – attempting to activate the following product:
SKU ID: 7d351d13-e2f4-49ea-a63c-63a85b1d5630
LICENSE NAME: Office 19, Office19ProjectPro2019R_Grace edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 19, RETAIL(Grace) channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: B4JJJ
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F017
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the license is not installed.
—————————————
Installed product key detected – attempting to activate the following product:
SKU ID: d7279dd0-e175-49fe-a623-8fc2fc00afc4
LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16O365HomePremR_Grace edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, RETAIL(Grace) channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: KHGM9
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F017
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the license is not installed.
—————————————
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—Exiting—————————–

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey: B4NPR-3FKK7-T2MBV-FRQ4W-PKD2B
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:s8.uk.to
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 /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 /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: 0d270ef7-5aaf-4370-a372-bc806b96adb7
LICENSE NAME: Office 19, Office19ProjectPro2019R_Retail edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 19, RETAIL channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: 239FX
ERROR CODE: 0xC004C060
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The activation server determined the specified product key has been blocked.
—————————————
Installed product key detected – attempting to activate the following product:
SKU ID: 52c4d79f-6e1a-45b7-b479-36b666e0a2f8
LICENSE NAME: Office 19, Office19ProPlus2019R_Grace edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 19, RETAIL(Grace) channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: 8MBCX
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F017
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the license is not installed.
—————————————
Installed product key detected – attempting to activate the following product:
SKU ID: 7d351d13-e2f4-49ea-a63c-63a85b1d5630
LICENSE NAME: Office 19, Office19ProjectPro2019R_Grace edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 19, RETAIL(Grace) channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: B4JJJ
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F017
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the license is not installed.
—————————————
Installed product key detected – attempting to activate the following product:
SKU ID: d7279dd0-e175-49fe-a623-8fc2fc00afc4
LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16O365HomePremR_Grace edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, RETAIL(Grace) channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: KHGM9
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F017
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the license is not installed.
—————————————
—————————————
—Exiting—————————–

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>

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