Afterwards they auto-renew their activations every 7 days (value configurable).KMS clients which are not yet activated contact the KMS host every two hours (value configurable).If a Vista computer didn't activate during this time, it will go into Reduced Functionality Mode (RFM).New installed Vista machine have a 30-day grace period to activate.The KMS host mustn't run in a virtual machine.Virtual machines can be activated by the KMS, but they don't contribute to n-count.At least 25 Vista machines have to connect to the KMS before clients can be activated the number of machines connected to the KMS is referred to as n-count or n value.Activation for the OEM edition is only supported if the KMS host is a Vista machine.KMS activation can be used for Vista Business and Enterprise edition. Also check out my post about the differences between running the KMS host on Vista and on Windows Server 2003.You can also use a Vista machine as KMS host.KMS is available for Windows Server 2003 SP1.You can run a second KMS host as backup system.One KMS host can service thousands of Vista clients.
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