In this article, I will tell you how you can renew the KMS License of Microsoft Office and Windows. The complete tutorial will be available to you with proper pictures. You must already be aware that the KMS license is valid for only 180 days and it has an auto-renew feature that renews it every 7 days from the date of activation. The only condition for this license renewal is that your system must have a stable internet connection. However, there are some situations where this renewal can be stuck. The following are some reasons for this renewal problem. 

  • The main reason for this problem is that your PC is not connected to the internet or the connection was unstable when the license renewal was occurring.  
  • ​Your system may have a third-party firewall that is denying the connection to the KMS server.
  • You may be using different versions of Office on your PC for example Retail and Volume versions on the same PC.

Strategies to Prevent This Error

Here are some workarounds that you can use in order to prevent the renewal stuck error.

  • Once in a 7 days make sure that your computer connects to an internet connection and also make sure that your internet connection is stable.
  • If you have installed a third-party firewall on your system then please open port 1688.
  • Make sure that you do not use Office retail and volume on the same Windows.

How to Renew KMS License

There are different ways to renew KMS license for Windows and Office. Therefore, I will tell you the method for renewing the KMS License for Windows and Office as well.

Renew Microsoft Office License

First, let me tell you how you can Renew KMS License for your Microsoft Office License.

1. Open Command Prompt

First of all, run the command prompt as the administrator of your system.

2. Copy and Run these Commands

Copy and run the command below. Note: “Office16” is code name of Office 2016 therefore, if you are using Office 2013/2010, just replace it with “Office15” and “Office14”.

cscript "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" /act

If the above script is not working and is giving you an error. Try this one:

cscript "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" /act
Renew MS Office trial license

Done! The process is complete.

Renew Microsoft Windows License

Now, let me tell you the way by which you can renew KMS License for Microsoft Windows.

1. Open Command Prompt

First of all, run the command prompt as the administrator of your system.

2. Run Command

Just, run the below given command in the command prompt.

cscript slmgr.vbs /ato
Renew Microsoft Windows trial license

Congratulations your license has been renewed successfully.

Conclusion

In this article, I have told you the method for renewing the KMS License of Windows and Office as well. The KMS License basically renews automatically but in some cases, this does not happen. Therefore, in this article, I have told you how you can manually renew KMS License. All you need is to grab some free KMS product keys from the official Microsoft and use some commands to activate trial license on them. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to leave a comment. I’m here to help and provide more details if needed. Thanks a lot for all your feedback and support!

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