Your Windows license will expire soon Reddit

By the looks of it, you're activated using KMS volume activation ( https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-R2-and-2012/jj134256(v=ws.11)#12-plan-for-key-management-services-activation ). The gist of it is that your Windows 10 Enterprise license is a lease (usually 180 days long), and that your device is expected to periodically phone home to your organization's (i.e. university's) activation servers to renew the lease. It seems that that hasn't occured yet, so the 180 day lease is almost up.

To verify, execute the following command:

slmgr.vbs /xpr

If you are indeed activated using KMS, the window that pops up after a brief delay will tell you exactly when your license runs out. If, however, you instead get a window claiming that The machine is permanently activated. then this does not apply to you.

To renew the lease, your device needs to be connected to your university's network so that it can communicate with the KMS server and extend the lease/acquire a new one (Microsoft prohibits KMS servers from being publicly accessible for obvious reasons, and will revoke the misbehaving KMS server's activation upon discovery, IIRC). Whether this means that you'll need to physically be present on your university campus to connect, or that you can connect to the network over a VPN, I'm not sure - that's something you'll need to check with your admins/IT department.

In either case, as soon as you're connected to the network, Windows should automatically search for and attempt to reach the KMS server, but if it doesn't for whatever reason then you can give it a shove with:

slmgr.vbs /ato

(A window will pop up with the results soon after)

To get further details about the current activation:

slmgr.vbs /dlv

Edit: Ergh, Reddit, please stop butchering my URLs, thanks.

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Your Windows license will expire soon Reddit

Any help? it was running fine until a today when this message strats popping up every few minutes. If this has been posted before, please redirect me.
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Virus/malware - windows licenses don't 'expire'

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Trial versions expire after 30 days.

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A screenshot would confirm this, OP

level 1

Hello,

The last time this happened for me, all I needed to do was run Windows Update, install a new update and reboot. On restart, the error message vanished.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

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This is the most polite comment I have ever read on reddit, well done.

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I suppose it could be a virus of some type.

Also likely I would think it was a glitch in the Windows Genuine advantage system. If you install windows without activation your "license" expires in 30 days.

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Are you running windows 8 or 10?

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I did get that notification again and I took a screenshot. I will share when I get on my PC. Thanks for sticking in guys.

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If you search "windows activation" in the start screen it should show if your windows is activated or not. If it isn't then click the button to activate it.

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How do I fix Windows license expires soon?

How to Fix Your Windows License will expire soon in Windows 10 Step by Step:.
Type “cmd” in your start menu, right-click on Command Prompt and choose Run as administrator..
Click Yes to give it permission..
Type slmgr -rearm and hit Enter..
Click Ok and restart your computer and see if the problem is fixed..

Why it is showing Windows will expire soon?

If this is an Activation Message that expiration message always means that someone has activated Windows with a Volume License Key meant only for business or organizations that activate a large number of PC's, which need to check in with the organization's server regularly to reactivate or they expire.

What happens when KMS activation expires?

If a Windows computer has not been able to reestablish communication to the KMS server after 180 days, the machine will become unlicensed. It starts a 30-day grace period and notifies the user of this change.

What happens when your Windows 8 license expires?

An expired version of the operating system is no longer activated, and your only option to get it activated again is to install or upgrade to a newer version of Windows 8.