If you can activation error “0x8007007b” or “0x8007232b” When you try to activate Windows 8, you probably use a generic Windows 8 product key during installation and the activation wizard cannot find a valid KMS (Key Management Server) to activate your copy.
This tutorial is written to help users bypass this “Windows activation error code: 0x8007232b or 0x8007007B” and activate their Windows 8 without error. The only requirement to bypass this error is to have the appropriate Windows 8 product key and change it (or re-enter it) during the current Windows 8 installation.
Full Windows 8 Activation Error Code 0x8007007B and 0x8007232B Messages:
Windows activation error code: 0x8007007B
“Windows could not be activated
To learn other activation methods, go to the Control Panel.
Error code: 0x8007007B
Error Description: The file name, directory name, or folder label syntax is incorrect.”
Windows activation error code: 0x8007232B
“Windows could not be activated
The Key Management Services (KMS) host could not be located in the Domain Name System (DNS), please ask your system administrator to verify that KMS is published correctly in DNS.
Error code: 0x8007232B
Error Description: DNS name does not exist.”
How to fix Windows 8 activation error 0x8007232B or 0x8007007B.
Method 1: Change Windows 8 product key using GUI and activate Windows 8.
How to change (re-enter) Windows 8 product key using GUI.
1. Close all open programs.
2. Right click in the lower left corner of the screen and select ” from the pop-up menu.Running“.
3. “InsideRunning” command window type: slui 3 Press the & buttonOK“
4. Enter your valid product key and then “Activation“.
5. Wait until your copy of Windows 8 is successfully activated.
Method 2: Change Windows 8 product key using command prompt and activate Windows 8.
How to change (re-enter) Windows 8 product key. Command line.
1. Close all open programs.
2. Right click in the lower left corner of the screen and select ” from the pop-up menu.Command Prompt (Administrator)“.
3. Click on “Yes” to a UAC warning when prompted.
4a. Type the following command in the command prompt window and click “Enter“
- slmgr.vbs -ipk xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
(Where “xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx” is your actual product key)
4b. Now it’s time to activate Windows 8. Enter the following command and click “Enter“
5. Wait until your copy of Windows 8 is successfully activated.
That’s it!
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