An open source toolkit designed to research Microsoft Pre-Vista licensing mechanisms
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In light of the recent exponential interest in this project I've decided to put updates of this project here:
Please see ticket #8 for more information
- This program is a tool for researching and experimenting with retro Microsoft product licensing, for products released before 2012.
- It all comes down to four simple steps:
- i386 processor or better
- MS-DOS 6.22 or later
- Any DOS-based version of Windows
- Windows NT 4.0 or later (via NTVDM)
- i686 processor or better
- Windows XP or later
Warning
Processors barely meeting the minimum system requirements for XP may not work. Use the MS-DOS version via NTVDM in that case.
- Windows 11 21H2 or later
- Apple Silicon or x86_64 processor
- Latest version of macOS
- modern ARM, x86, or x86_64 processor
- Latest version of your Linux distro
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(GitHub account required)
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(GitHub account *not* required)
- Download the latest release for your operating system and architecture from the releases page
Important
Before continuing, please ensure you have the umskt executable extracted and on UNIX-like systems, have execution permissions (chmod +x umskt).
Important
On macOS, like all unsigned executables, you'll need to hold Ctrl while right clicking and selecting Open to actually open it.
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After installation, you will be prompted to activate Windows.
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Select the telephone activation method, then, run
umskt -i <Installation ID>using theInstallation IDthe activation Wizard provides for you- If you're activating a non-Windows product, use
umskt -i <Installation ID> -m <Product>, where<Product>is one ofOFFICEXP,OFFICE2K3,OFFICE2K7,PLUSDME, orOFFICEACC - If activating Office 2003/2007, use
umskt -i <Installation ID> -m <Product> -p <Product ID>
- If you're activating a non-Windows product, use
The list of people who have helped to bring the XP generation to where it is now:
- z22
- MSKey
- diamondggg
- pottzman
- david4599
- Endermanch
- Neo-Desktop
- WitherOrNot
- TheTank20
- InvoxiPlayGames
- brakmic
- techguy16
(the list will be updated to add more collaborators)
build-essentialcmakemakegccg++
git
git clone https://github.com/UMSKT/UMSKTcd UMSKT/buildcmake ..make
| Language | Author | Repo URL |
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| Rust | Alex Page | anpage/umskt-rs |
| Python | techguy16 | techguy16/umsktpy |