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expiredRed_Liz | Staff posted Nov 27, 2025 12:53 PM
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expiredRed_Liz | Staff posted Nov 27, 2025 12:53 PM
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Activation failed.
Error is invalid lisence key.
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Key Details on the Deprecation
- Target: This method was specifically for "activating" Windows 10/11 and Windows Server until the year 2038. It was not the primary method used for Microsoft Office activation.
- The Change: Microsoft fully deprecated the clip-based KMS license migration functionality that the KMS38 method relied on.
- Affects All Versions? No. It affects newer versions of Windows that have received the critical update.
KMS38 stopped working beginning with Windows build 26100.7019 (released around November 2025).
It is now removed from the latest versions of the Massgrave script.
- Current Alternatives: The Massgrave developer advises users to switch to the HWID (Hardware ID) or TSforge activation methods, which are reported to still function.
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Microsoft make money by selling you, not software. Software is just a ⛏️ for mining.
Gamespot itself is a legit website (review video games and so forth) and they have a partner website, gamespot deals..
https://deals.gamespot.
microsoft office professional 2019 for $20 if you can live with your edition being that old
https://deals.gamespot.
microsoft office 2021 for $35
Both are lifetime licenses and here are the experiences our friends had
- office 2021... tied itself to the friend's microsoft account and showed up in subscriptions (in the microsoft account) as it's supposed to do but worth noting this friend's experience was years ago, not sure if this will still be the case
- office 2019 ... did not not show up in subscriptions in the microsoft account like it's supposed to but like office 2021 it works (that is all the appropriate programs, word, excel, powerpoint, outlook and so forth work just fine).. with both 2019 and 2021 you do need to log into your microsoft account regardless (I'm guessing the one tied to your Windows account used to log in anyways) to make it work.
Office 2019 let itself get transferred from one PC to another when the old PC started having age-related problems (basically log into the gamespot deals account you create and follow the instructions to reinstall)
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