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
Note
This is just all we can test. Try to get it to run on Windows RT, make an issue if it doesn't run and we'll try to fix it.
- 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, orPLUSDME - 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rust | Alex Page | anpage/umskt-rs |
| Python | techguy16 | techguy16/umsktpy |