I recently bought the Office 2010 Vol. Lisc. and saw the option for the KMS host. I downloaded it and put it on my one 2008 server I have (rest are 2003). It shows the partial key in there but now I would like to remove it. I only have 2 copies and will only be slowing incrementally getting 2010 onto our machines, so MAK seems a better solution, I won't have the 25 minimum machines for a long time. I used the /upk and all that did was remove the actual lisc. the server was using, not the Office lisc. I want to make sure that KMS is gone, how can I remove it so it doesn't mess wiht future installs, I now wish I had not even experimented with it! I cannot find anything on how to remove it.

Hello, the Office 2010 KMS host must run on Windows server 2008 R2 or Windows 7. So make sure this is correct before removing an older KMS host.Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.

Step by Step Guide: 1. Uninstall the KMS host key first by running the following command: slmgr -upk 2. Then, install the default kms key by running the following command: slmgr /ipk [KMS Client Setup Key] The default KMS client setup keys can be found here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc303280.aspx 3. Delete the record from the DNS: Open DNS console: Expand _tcp node under the domain.com. There will be a record _VLMCS. Delete this record. 4. The KMS server is uninstalled. MCSA/MCTS/MCP

Hi Jzenno, You can use slmgr.vbs /upk <Activation ID> to remove the KMS host key for Office 2010. The Office 2010 activation ID is bfe7a195-4f8f-4f0b-a622-cf13c7d16864. For more information on how to deploy volume activation of Office 2010, please refer to the link below. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624357.aspx#section In the future, for Office related issues, I suggest posting in the forum below. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/category/officeitpro The reason why we recommend posting appropriately is you will get the most qualified pool of respondents, and other customers who access the forum regularly can either share their knowledge or learn from your interaction with us. Thank you for your understanding. Regards, Karen Ji Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. ” This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. On July 1st we will be making this forum read only. After receiving a lot of feedback from the community, it was decided that this forum is a duplication and therefore redundant of the General Forum. So, until July 1st, we will start asking customers to redirect their questions to the General Forum. On June 11th, CSS engineers will move any new threads to the General Forum. Please post a reply to the announcement thread if you have any feedback on this decision or the process. You can also email WSSDComm@microsoft.com.

Thanks Karen & Senne. I used those instructions and it worked this time. I guess I was having trouble finding the 2010 activation key. Sorry about the wrong area, I guess I assumed it would be server related, who isn't running servers that has enough lisc to deploy via KMS? Anyway I appreciate the info. It is a 2008 R2 machine sorry i dind't specify that orginally but all is well. Guess we just are not rolling into the new stuff quick enough to use KMS oh well. One more thing though, when i use slmgr.vbs it opens a windows script host window, when i say /dlv all it is so large it gets cut off at the bottom and has no way to scroll? Is this normal? I got around it by running it as cscript to out put in cmd window but figured I would ask. Thanks again. Jeff

Hi Jeff, Glad that your problem got solved. If you use "slmgr.vbs: directly, a window will prompt to show the result of the cmd you run. If the window cannot show all the information, it might because of the screen resolution. Anyway, of course you can use "cscript slmgr.vbs" command, then the result will be displayed in the command window. Regards, Karen JiPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.