UCLA's Campus-wide KMS Instructions for non-System Administrators

Steps to Manually Configure Microsoft Products to Activate via the UCLA KMS  These directions are intended for non-system administrators activating single machines.

**Note if you are a DNS System Administrator please visit our Microsoft KMS Activation page for System Administrators

Make sure your computer has the correct time/date/time zone. Your computer must be up to date with the latest MS security patches.

How to Manually Activate Microsoft Office (2013 or 2016)

How to Manually Activate Windows 8 or 10, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, or Server 2012

1) Log into the machine with an account that has administrative privileges – the   Administrator.

2) Open a Command Prompt window as Administrator. Press the START icon, in the box type CMD.  A window will open showing CMD at the top.  Right click on CMD and choose ‘Run as administrator’ from the menu.  Please be sure that the word ‘Administrator’ appears in the title bar of the window.  The example screen shot below is from Windows 8.1; in Windows 7 it will look like this

Administrator: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

At Command Prompt window, verify that the current directory is C:\Windows\System32. If it is not, type

CD \Windows\System32   and then press Enter.

3) Type the following command:

cscript slmgr.vbs /skms kms.softwarecentral.ucla.edu   and then press Enter.

This command sets the KMS

4) Type the following command:

cscript slmgr.vbs /ato     and then press Enter.

  This command activates Windows

5) Close the Command Prompt window.

 

How to Manually Activate Microsoft Office (2013 or 2016 for Windows)
**Note** 2016 Mac Versions of Office do not use the KMS; the MAK key is embedded in the download media from SHI.  If you are using that download media from SHI (your department participates in the MCCA) you can just skip the "sign-in" prompt and the installation will work.  If you cannot skip the "sign-in" prompt, that means you are not using SHI media.

1) Open a Command Prompt window "As Administrator" and go to Office folder in your computer (default location Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15 [or Office16 as the case may be]). The command below assumes that you installed Office in the default location.

2) Type the following command, depending on your version of Office:

For Office 2013:

CD \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15

Note: If you installed the 32-bit version of Office on a 64-bit system, use this command instead:

CD \Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15

For Office 2016:

CD \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16

Note: If you installed the 32-bit version of Office on a 64-bit system, use this command instead:

CD \Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16

3) Type the following command:

cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:kms.softwarecentral.ucla.edu      and press Enter. 

You should get an acknowledgement that the KMS was set correctly.

4) Type the following command:

cscript ospp.vbs /act             and press Enter.

5) Close the command prompt window.