Windows has always been known for its Operating Systems. No doubt it provides all the windows operating systems that always come with various newly added features for the best user interface. In this article, we are going to discuss methods to activate Windows for free. Let’s start with the latest version of Windows that is Windows 10.
How to activate Windows free?
We are explaining all the methods to activate different versions of Windows here. Let’s take a look at the given steps:
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How to activate Windows 10 free?
Windows 10 is the latest operating system. Windows is always trying to get its best version and adds new features as the software updates. Let’s discuss the methods to activate Windows 10.
Without the use of any software activating Windows 10
- Press Ctrl + R, type cmd, and search for it. Select Run as administrator option.
- Copy the command “slmgr.vbs/upk” and paste it into the command prompt application. Press the Enter key to execute the command. The command executed will be seen in a prompt.
- Now, to install the product key to your computer, execute this command “slmgr /ipk NPPR9-FWDCX-D2C8J-H872K-2YT43”.
- Set the machine name to “zh.us.to” till the input commands “slmgr /skms zh.us.to”.
- After this, to activate windows type “slmgr/ato”.
With using the Batch File activate the Windows 10
- On the main screen, go to the start button and search for Notepad, open it.
- Copy the given below code and paste on notepad.
@echo off
title Activate Windows 10 ALL versions for FREE!&cls&echo ============================================================================&echo #Project: Activating Microsoft software products for FREE without software&echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo #Supported products:&echo – Windows 10 Home&echo – Windows 10 Home N&echo – Windows 10 Home Single Language&echo – Windows 10 Home Country Specific&echo – Windows 10 Professional&echo – Windows 10 Professional N&echo – Windows 10 Education&echo – Windows 10 Education N&echo – Windows 10 Enterprise&echo – Windows 10 Enterprise N&echo – Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB&echo – Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB N&echo.&echo.&echo ============================================================================&echo Activating your Windows…&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ckms >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /upk >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /cpky >nul&set i=1&wmic os | findstr /I “enterprise” >nul
if %errorlevel% EQU 0 (cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk NPPR9-FWDCX-D2C8J-H872K-2YT43 >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk DPH2V-TTNVB-4X9Q3-TJR4H-KHJW4 >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk WNMTR-4C88C-JK8YV-HQ7T2-76DF9 >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk 2F77B-TNFGY-69QQF-B8YKP-D69TJ >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk DCPHK-NFMTC-H88MJ-PFHPY-QJ4BJ >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk QFFDN-GRT3P-VKWWX-X7T3R-8B639 >nul&goto server) else wmic os | findstr /I “home” >nul
if %errorlevel% EQU 0 (cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk TX9XD-98N7V-6WMQ6-BX7FG-H8Q99 >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk 3KHY7-WNT83-DGQKR-F7HPR-844BM >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk 7HNRX-D7KGG-3K4RQ-4WPJ4-YTDFH >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk PVMJN-6DFY6-9CCP6-7BKTT-D3WVR >nul&goto server) else wmic os | findstr /I “education” >nul
if %errorlevel% EQU 0 (cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk NW6C2-QMPVW-D7KKK-3GKT6-VCFB2 >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk 2WH4N-8QGBV-H22JP-CT43Q-MDWWJ >nul&goto server) else wmic os | findstr /I “10 pro” >nul
if %errorlevel% EQU 0 (cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk W269N-WFGWX-YVC9B-4J6C9-T83GX >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk MH37W-N47XK-V7XM9-C7227-GCQG9 >nul&goto server) else (goto notsupported)
:server
if %i%==1 set KMS=kms7.MSGuides.com
if %i%==2 set KMS=kms8.MSGuides.com
if %i%==3 set KMS=kms9.MSGuides.com
if %i%==4 goto notsupported
cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /skms %KMS%:1688 >nul&echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo.
cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ato | find /i “successfully” && (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 everyday!&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 server)
explorer “http://MSGuides.com”&goto halt
:notsupported
echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo Sorry! Your version is not supported.&echo.
:halt
pause >nul
- Now save the notepad file as a “.bat” file.
- Remember to click on save as and save the file as your desired name but use format .bat.
- Now go to the location of the saved file and run the .bat file as administrator.
- It is important to run the.bat file as administrator, otherwise, you see errors when the command processes the codes.
- Wait for some time to execute the codes, after the code is executed it will ask you to restart the PC. Press C and then Enter using the keyboard.
- After restarting the computer, Windows 10 will be installed on your device.
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How to activate Windows 8 free?
Windows 8 is just the previous version of Windows 10, it was released on August 1, 2012. Let’s discuss the ways through which you can install Windows 8 on your computer.
Without the use of any command prompt activating Windows 8
- Press Ctrl + R, type cmd, and search for it. Select Run as administrator option.
- Type “slmgr.vbs -ipk<insert your product key here>” in the command prompt application. Press the Enter key, you will see a message with the product key in it.
- Type “slmgr.vbs -ato” on the command prompt after inserting the key and press Enter. A message will be displayed on the screen that says the product key was successfully activated on the device.
- Go to the desktop, on the My Computer icon right-click on it, and select the Properties option. You will see the message of windows key activation here.
With using the Batch File activate the Windows 8
- On the main screen, go to the start button and search for Notepad, open it.
- Copy the given below code and paste on notepad.
@echo off
title Activate Windows 8 / Windows 8.1 ALL versions for FREE!&cls&echo ============================================================================&echo #Project: Activating Microsoft software products for FREE without software&echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo #Supported products:&echo – Windows 8 Core&echo – Windows 8 Core Single Language&echo – Windows 8 Professional&echo – Windows 8 Professional N&echo – Windows 8 Professional WMC&echo – Windows 8 Enterprise&echo – Windows 8 Enterprise N&echo – Windows 8.1 Core&echo – Windows 8.1 Core N&echo – Windows 8.1 Core Single Language&echo – Windows 8.1 Professional&echo – Windows 8.1 Professional N&echo – Windows 8.1 Professional WMC&echo – Windows 8.1 Enterprise&echo – Windows 8.1 Enterprise N&echo.&echo.&echo ============================================================================&echo Activating your Windows…&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ckms >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /upk >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /cpky >nul&set i=1&wmic os | findstr /I “enterprise” >nul
if %errorlevel% EQU 0 (cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk MHF9N-XY6XB-WVXMC-BTDCT-MKKG7 >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk TT4HM-HN7YT-62K67-RGRQJ-JFFXW >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk 32JNW-9KQ84-P47T8-D8GGY-CWCK7 >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk JMNMF-RHW7P-DMY6X-RF3DR-X2BQT >nul&goto server) else (cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk GCRJD-8NW9H-F2CDX-CCM8D-9D6T9 >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk HMCNV-VVBFX-7HMBH-CTY9B-B4FXY >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk NG4HW-VH26C-733KW-K6F98-J8CK4 >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk XCVCF-2NXM9-723PB-MHCB7-2RYQQ >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk BN3D2-R7TKB-3YPBD-8DRP2-27GG4 >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk 2WN2H-YGCQR-KFX6K-CD6TF-84YXQ >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk GNBB8-YVD74-QJHX6-27H4K-8QHDG >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk M9Q9P-WNJJT-6PXPY-DWX8H-6XWKK >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk 7B9N3-D94CG-YTVHR-QBPX3-RJP64 >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk BB6NG-PQ82V-VRDPW-8XVD2-V8P66 >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk 789NJ-TQK6T-6XTH8-J39CJ-J8D3P >nul)
:server
if %i%==1 set KMS=kms7.MSGuides.com
if %i%==2 set KMS=kms8.MSGuides.com
if %i%==3 set KMS=kms9.MSGuides.com
if %i%==4 goto notsupported
cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /skms %KMS%:1688 >nul&echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo.
cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ato | find /i “successfully” && (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 everyday!&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 server)
explorer “http://MSGuides.com”&goto halt
:notsupported
echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo Sorry! Your version is not supported.
:halt
pause >nul
- Now save the file as .bat extension.
- Go to the location of the batch file and run it as administrator.
- It is important to run the.bat file as administrator, otherwise, you see errors when the command processes the codes.
- Wait for some time to execute the codes, after the code is executed it will ask you to restart the PC. Press C and then Enter using the keyboard.
- After restarting the computer, Windows 8 will be installed on your device.
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How to activate Windows 7 free?
It is the previous version of Windows before Windows 8, it was released on July 22, 2009. Let’s see the steps to install Windows 7 on your Device.
Using GVLK Keys to activate Windows 7
GVLK provides the volume licensed key for the KMS client of Microsoft. So, if you are using a licensed version of Windows 7, you are a KMS client. Let’s see the steps to activate windows 7 using GVLK Keys.
- Click on the start menu and search for cmd or simply press Ctrl +R and search for cmd. Right click on the cmd and choose the Run as administrator from the list of options.
- Now in the command prompt application write the commands given below and press Enter after each command.
- slmgr.vbs -upk
- slmgr.vbs -ipk FJ82H-XT6CR-J8D7P-XQJJ2-GPDD4
- slmgr.vbs -skms kms.cangshui.net
- slmgr.vbs -ato
- slmgr.vbs –dlv
- After all the codes you entered executed successfully you see a message that Windows 7 has successfully activated on your computer.
With using the Batch File activate the Windows 7
- On the main screen, go to the start button and search for Notepad, open it.
- Copy the given below code and paste on notepad.
@echo off
title Activate Windows 7 Professional/Enterprise for FREE!&cls&echo ============================================================================&echo #Project: Activating Microsoft software products for FREE without software&echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo #Supported products:&echo – Windows 7 Professional&echo – Windows 7 Professional N&echo – Windows 7 Professional E&echo – Windows 7 Enterprise&echo – Windows 7 Enterprise N&echo – Windows 7 Enterprise E&echo.&echo.&echo ============================================================================&echo Activating your Windows…&cd /d %windir%\system32&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /upk >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /cpky >nul&wmic os | findstr /I “enterprise” >nul
if %errorlevel% EQU 0 (cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk 33PXH-7Y6KF-2VJC9-XBBR8-HVTHH >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk YDRBP-3D83W-TY26F-D46B2-XCKRJ >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk C29WB-22CC8-VJ326-GHFJW-H9DH4 >nul) else (cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk FJ82H-XT6CR-J8D7P-XQJJ2-GPDD4 >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk MRPKT-YTG23-K7D7T-X2JMM-QY7MG >nul&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ipk W82YF-2Q76Y-63HXB-FGJG9-GF7QX >nul)
set i=1
:server
if %i%==1 set KMS_Sev=kms7.MSGuides.com
if %i%==2 set KMS_Sev=kms8.MSGuides.com
if %i%==3 set KMS_Sev=kms9.MSGuides.com
if %i%==4 goto unsupported
cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /skms %KMS_Sev% >nul&echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo.
cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ato | find /i “successfully” && (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 everyday!&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 server)
explorer “http://MSGuides.com”&goto halt
:unsupported
echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo Sorry! Your version is not supported.&echo.
:halt
pause
- Now save the file as a .bat extension.
- Go to the location of the batch file, right-click on it and run it as administrator.
- It is important to run the.bat file as administrator, otherwise, you see errors when the command processes the codes.
- Wait for some time to execute the codes, after the code is executed it will ask you to restart the PC. Press Y and then Enter using the keyboard.
- After restarting the computer, Windows 7 will be installed on your device.
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Conclusion
Many users have a query for activating windows on their Computer. In this article, we provide two methods for activating WINDOWS 10, 8, and 7 on Your desktop. I hope you will like the article and find the information useful.
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